Category Archives: AROUND US

The taste of yellow

Posted on March 9, 2017 by The Daily Cure

DAY: Thursday, even though I woke up feeling—think Bill Murray in Ground Hog’s Day—that it was Wednesday all over again and that it would be kinda nice if it were, in fact, Saturday. MORNING MEDITATION: 10 minutes. Went pretty well today. I’m new at … Continue reading →

Posted in COLOR, ITALY, SAVORING | Tagged Italy, lemon, Meditation, tarte au citron, Women's Day | 24 Comments

To love. To red. A color story.

Posted on February 14, 2017 by The Daily Cure

Today is one of the great clichés. And as with most clichés, there’s a reason for its existence. We do love and we love passionately. And without love we would be nothing. But our love isn’t wrapped up in hearts … Continue reading →

Posted in COLOR, ITALY | 14 Comments

Analog cure

Posted on November 25, 2016 by The Daily Cure

Posted in AROUND US | 17 Comments

Color Story #16: Winter warmth

Posted on November 1, 2016 by The Daily Cure

Cold has come. And as we all sort of thought it might, it came hard. We were so lulled into the warmth, so used to it, that when the cold came it took us, sillies that we are, by surprised. … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, ITALY | Tagged brown, Burgundy, dog, fields, France, sunflowers | 5 Comments

Old beauty.

Posted on July 31, 2015 by The Daily Cure

That make-it-pretty gene? The French have it too. Let things get old. Honor them. Live with them. Stack them. Layer them. Let them be. The hilltop town of Vézelay is the proof.

Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE | Tagged ancient, antique, Burgundy, France, Vézelay | 4 Comments

A different sky

Posted on July 29, 2015 by The Daily Cure

It was sunny and hot for weeks. And then as intensely as it had been feverish, it was the opposite. Sweaters out of the mothballs. And a chance to look at things under a different sky.

Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE | Tagged black and white, Burgundy, France, landscape, photography, storm | 8 Comments

The importance of lavender

Posted on July 27, 2015 by The Daily Cure

My first post here was entitled “The importance of blue.” That was August 8, 2010. Nearly 5 years have gone by, and in those 5 years, so much has happened, hasn’t it? For you, I hope they’ve been 5 amazing years … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE | Tagged Bourgogne, Burgundy, flower, France, lavender, therapy | 9 Comments

It’s so hot…

Posted on July 17, 2015 by The Daily Cure

There’re a ton of jokes out there about how hot it is. It’s so hot, the fire hydrants are chasing dogs. It’s so hot chickens are laying hardboiled eggs. It’s so hot I can’t be bothered to list another one. Round … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE | 12 Comments

A walk about near the new digs

Posted on June 23, 2015 by The Daily Cure

A couple weeks ago, I told you we were moving. And so we did! We moved from a couple kilometers outside the center of Milan to the very heart of it. We vacated the place on the left and landed in the … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, ITALY | 7 Comments

Blooming belfry.

Posted on June 20, 2015 by The Daily Cure

A little more than a year ago, I posted about the Spring colors of last year, featuring a piece of art, a “Flowerhead,” by Olaf Hajek. This year, as if Hajek’s fantastical visions were coming true, real flowerheads were recently spotted … Continue reading →

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