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The Daily Cure for me is trying to smell taste touch—really experience— something, each day, that reminds me that I'm alive and, mostly, happy to be here. A small moment that should go a long way, at least in theory.-
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Last day of the year. Pensive. Warm. Still.
This post could easily have been “Color Story: Neutral” but that wouldn’t have said anything about the way it all feels. It almost feels “lazy” but that isn’t the right word at all. Not in this Life, anyway, in which … Continue reading
Posted in COLOR, FRANCE, IN THE HOUSE
Tagged December 31, last day of the year, lazy, textures
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Mistletoe
Spotted today on the road between Cravant and Auxerre: bare trees dotted with luxurious orbs of olive green mistletoe. A graphic designer couldn’t have done better. All the elements of good design respected in full. Balance. Pattern. Composition. Imbalance. Interruption. … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Bourgogne, country, countryside, drawing, France, Mistletoe, trees
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In Memory: Luna January 28, 1998 – December 20, 2012
As this blog was meant originally to be dedicated to things that keep us happy, sane and enriched day in and day out, I couldn’t not give thanks, here, for this dear friend, who shepherded me into my own true … Continue reading
Posted in MEMORIES OF
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Merry, merry
Wishing you a beautiful holiday season, full of warmth and simple happiness.
Postcard #19: A schoolboy’s day under the rain
[Spotted today under the rain—school boys in their black and white uniforms inside the “Scuola-in-tram,” a tram that tours the city giving school children glimpses of their own history. Particularly love the wistful children staring out of the window past … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, ITALY, POSTCARDS
Tagged Dolce & Gabbana, Milan postcard, rain, school boys, scuola-in-tram
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Your bottom goes here:
You know how certain objects (or maybe all of them) have a soul? How they call to you, give comfort, listen and ultimately share their lives with you or at least witness important—and incredibly insignificant—bits and pieces of yours? How … Continue reading
The simple side dish
You know, the great—and I mean great—thing about Italian cookery is that it really doesn’t ask you to do very much. If you want to fuss about over your food and “create” “creations,” France is the place for you. If … Continue reading
The Street #4: Milanese morning
Nothing like a walk first thing in the morning to get the kinks out. And the caffeine in. The rain stopped yesterday, so today was all about saturated colors and scant glimpses of blue in a decidedly autumnal sky. I … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, ITALY, THE STREET
Tagged arco della pace, Arena, Corso Garibaldi, Milan, parco sempione, walking
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Closed/Week in review
Monday “Transition/Color Story #8: A baguette travels to Italy” In which a baguette adorns the dashboard from Burgundy, France to Milan, Italy. (Read this.) Tuesday 1 “The voting results are in!” In which we reveal the results of The Daily … Continue reading
Posted in WEEK IN REVIEW
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Oh, olive trees
I was going to write about the formal “you” in Italian and about the many times I’ve embarrassed myself by slipping, American-style, into the informal version, but it’s Friday. Who needs the finer points of language today? I don’t. I … Continue reading
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