Category Archives: FRANCE

Transitions: Follow the yellow brick road

Posted on May 2, 2011 by The Daily Cure

We went to France for Easter, to follow the work on our barn renovation and for me to try and finish my book. Progress was made on both fronts, but completion was a fleeting objective. Days were full with the … Continue reading →

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Closed for Easter and for writing

Posted on April 20, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Dear Friends, I’m closing “The Daily {French-Italian} Cure” for seven days of Easter holiday a.k.a. “Trying to Finish Writing My Book While in France.” That sounds terribly smug and pompous for a zillion reasons—not to mention cliché—and I apologize. It’s … Continue reading →

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Espadrille me, baby

Posted on April 8, 2011 by The Daily Cure

This post could be categorized, “What we wear / France.” Or, “What we wear / Spain,” if I were writing about Spain. But it is, at the moment, what we are wearing in Milan: Espadrilles. I’ve been wearing them for … Continue reading →

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The send-off

Posted on March 12, 2011 by The Daily Cure

The French countryside this past week surprised us with warm-ish weather, bright sunshine, and an enthusiastic soundtrack. The birds sang with all their might. At 4:00 every morning, it was the birds that woke us up. Before the sun. Before … Continue reading →

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Sign on the dotted line

Posted on March 11, 2011 by The Daily Cure

When we started tearing out the rotten guts of the barn for renovation, we were able to see for the first time some of the old woodwork laid bare to light for the first time. The beams that support the … Continue reading →

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Time stands still

Posted on March 10, 2011 by The Daily Cure

There are in this aging house, as I suspect there are in almost all the houses in this little Burgundy town, old things that our eyes have grown so accustomed to we hardly see them. And yet, if you were … Continue reading →

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Ritual of return

Posted on March 8, 2011 by The Daily Cure

How you experience any place is a complex tapestry woven of many threads. Weather. Light. Language. Culture. Food. It’s the last of these—what I eat—that puts the finishing touches on coming back to France. When I go to Italy, it’s … Continue reading →

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Memories Of / #3

Posted on February 10, 2011 by The Daily Cure

My thanks to dear friend Anna Harrison for contributing this post. I’ve had it for ages, and I’ve just now gotten around to publishing it. My apologies. It was my original intention to try and make these frites in my … Continue reading →

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Past-present perfume

Posted on January 28, 2011 by The Daily Cure

How do you categorize a post that belongs to the world of today, yesterday, scent, memory and the obliteration of geographical borders and time zones? What title do you give a subject that is big enough to fill your imagination … Continue reading →

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Postcard #6: Merry-sur-Yonne

Posted on November 2, 2010 by The Daily Cure

[Yesterday. Overcast. Beautiful. Autumn colors as intense as a drug addict’s dream. We went for a walk while Roberto fished. Me and the girls and the dog. And there again, that feeling of peace—even if fleeting—and so much gratitude.]

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