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Category Archives: AROUND US
It’s so hot…
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
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A walk about near the new digs
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
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Blooming belfry.
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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Welcome to my city
Thank you, New York Times, for showing it off so beautifully.
Fisherman’s Wife (or, Why I can say “Pike” in Three Languages).
I am married to a fisherman. In some households that constitutes widowhood: a spouse abandoned, while the other stands next to a stream or river or sea. I’m most usually only a Sunday widow. But it’s OK in the extreme. … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
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Color Story #15: The Color of Cold
Blacks are black. Greys are infinite. The surprises are red and ochre and frosty sage. My toes lose feeling—it’s cold—but I’m distracted by a passing train and the beauty of ice hanging in the air over freshly turned clods of … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE
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Upside down summer
Summer in France was long and wet and cold. I hardly blogged at all. There was work and there were “issues” to deal with and there was that infernal, driving, relentless rain. Closed up in our house, I felt closed up in … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
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