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Spring Cleaning #2: Dusty dreams
A small one-week feature on what happens when we clean our houses. What bubbles to the surface. What reveals itself to be true. What our junk says about our current state and next steps. What the season does to us. … Continue reading
Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY
Tagged arrondissements de Paris, dreams, map of Paris, spring cleaning
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Spring Cleaning #1: The game
A small one-week feature on what happens when we clean our houses. What bubbles to the surface. What reveals itself to be true. What our junk says about our current state and next steps. What the season does to us. … Continue reading
Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY
Tagged André Breton, Beaudelaire, Freud, Hegel, jeu de marseille, spring cleaning
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Sign on the dotted line
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
Time stands still
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
Il bagno
My first Milanese bathroom was in the old Diana Majestic Hotel in Viale Piave which has, alas, been spruced up since by Sheraton. I thought I’d died and gone to shabby-chic, single-girl heaven. The bathroom was enormous by any familiar … Continue reading
Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY
Tagged bagno, bathroom, bidet, Diana Majestic, Guzman, Jock Sturges, marble, Milan, mosaic tile, towel-warmer
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The Daily Cuppa
Ah, those objects of every day, those inanimate friends—or are they slaves?—that serve us thanklessly before the sun has even brightened the horizon. What can possibly give more comfort than a favorite coffee cup? And a favorite coffee maker to … Continue reading
Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY
Tagged Alessi, caffettiere, coffee, coffee maker, France, Italy, Milan, moka, moke, mug, pottery
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Which is better—the yoghurt or the pot?
High on the list of things that banish depression is yoghurt pots. Every summer we splurge on La Fermière yoghurt just to bring home more terra cotta jars. There are a variety of colors depending on the flavor of the … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, IN THE HOUSE
Tagged Blue, Bourgogne, Burgundy, France, la fermiere, terra cotta pot, vanilla, yoghurt
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Ode to linen
Oh linen. One of the items that’s frequently on sale at the aforementioned vide-greniers is antique linen. As the value of this is well known, and the lighter weights are difficult to find, the prices may be higher than the … Continue reading
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