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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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The trick to being prime minister
Berlusconi is in the crosshairs again. This time for cavorting with young escorts, even though, as he said in his own defense, it was in a strictly amicable and—here’s the clincher—”elegant” way. Berlusconi? Elegant? Will oxymoron’s never cease? As the … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, WHAT TO DO
Tagged Berlusconi, cume te se bela, Italy, make-up, power, prime minister, trucco
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Back-ish
What has happened to “The Daily Cure”? you might ask—although you probably don’t. All our lives swirl and smolder, occupying our attention with emergency and splendor, such that the musings of a blogger are likely the least of our concern. … Continue reading
Confession #6: The air we breathe
You can’t see it, of course, but air is one of the defining ingredients of a place. It can inspire as much longing or nostalgia as a certain type of bread or the view from a window in a room … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged air, Burgundy, chattanooga tennessee, humidity, memory, Milan, mood
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Let there be light, Part 2
Shortly after my last post. 9:30 p.m. The light come on— a glow warm as hope in the doubt-ridden night. And that brings to mind another poem I love: Hope is the Thing with Feathers Hope is the thing with … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Burgundy, Emily Dickinson, France, hope, Hope is the Thing with Feathers, street light
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Let there be light
When darkness asserts itself, they come on—at first, a faint pink glow. At midnight, they go out leaving the town blanketed in pitch-blackness. Inside these rustic houses are high-speed internet connections. But outside there are streetlights reminiscent of a long … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Burgundy, France, long-life bulbs, robert louis stevenson, street lights, the lamplighter
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How long is a piece of wire?
Yesterday’s discovery (thanks to France 24) was French wire artist, Marie Christophe. I’ve always loved the notion that you can create, or at least imply, three-dimensional mass by using a material that approximates a line (a two dimensional reality). This … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, SO NOTED
Tagged birds, marie christophe, vestiaire, wire, wire sculpture
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Roofscapes
Whenever you find yourself in a foreign country, it is the things that are completely normal (so normal as to be invisible) to the natives that are, to you, the hallmarks of Wonderland. I’ve walked through the streets of this … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Burgundy, camille pissarro, cezanne, France, gardanne, peter wegner, rooftops
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Postcards #13 – 17: The French countryside
One postcard won’t do. But one of those perforated, accordion folded jobs will. From me, to you. As they say, “Wish you were here.” *Photographed this past Spring. [If you liked this post, you might also like this: Merry-sur-Yonne.]
Posted in FRANCE, POSTCARDS
Tagged book of postcards, Bourgogne, Burgundy, farmland, passages, perspective, postcards, tractor
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