Category Archives: AROUND US

It’s so hot…

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

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

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 →

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Blooming belfry.

Posted on June 20, 2015 by

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

Posted on January 9, 2015 by

Thank you, New York Times, for showing it off so beautifully.

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Fisherman’s Wife (or, Why I can say “Pike” in Three Languages).

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

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 →

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Color Story #15: The Color of Cold

Posted on December 28, 2014 by

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 →

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Upside down summer

Posted on September 9, 2014 by

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 →

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