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Postcard #33: Typical
[Sometimes the planets align, and you find yourself inhabiting a perfectly “typical” moment in a perfectly “typical” place. And so it was in this instance. Long September shadows. Cobblestone street. A chef outside his restaurant talking to a Mediterranean beauty. … Continue reading
Postcards #21-32: Twelve days of Christmas
If you’re like me and I’m betting you are, you’re finding these last two weeks before Christmas just a little bit much. Do, do, do. Rush, rush, rush. Work work work. Be all things to all people while neglecting your … Continue reading
Postcard #20: A little silliness to raise the spirits
[With the incessant rain, cold and greyness, a little silliness is definitely in order. That, and the unavoidable cliché: HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU KID!] Have a lovely day. I hope you are all squinting your eyes against a warm, benevolent … Continue reading
Postcard #19: A schoolboy’s day under the rain
[Spotted today under the rain—school boys in their black and white uniforms inside the “Scuola-in-tram,” a tram that tours the city giving school children glimpses of their own history. Particularly love the wistful children staring out of the window past … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, ITALY, POSTCARDS
Tagged Dolce & Gabbana, Milan postcard, rain, school boys, scuola-in-tram
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Postcard #17: Never forget.
First thing this morning, almost, I went downtown to the Picasso exhibit at the Palazzo Reale. Even though it doesn’t include “Guernica,” the show starts with a massive projection of the piece in the amazing Sala delle Cariatidi, the Caryatid … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, POSTCARDS, WHAT TO DO
Tagged caryatids, Guernica, memory, Milan, Palazzo Reale, Picasso, remember, Sala delle cariatidi, World War 2
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Postcard #16: A lotta spice is nice
Being an expat is a peculiar arrangement. You live in country X, but you are forever bound to country O—”O” as in “origin.” Technology has made this a much easier affair. All the lovely webby ways that we are connected … Continue reading
Posted in POSTCARDS
Tagged chiles, ex-patriotism, Hatch, New Mexico, postal service, spice
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Postcard #15: Auxerre in layers
[Dear You, Sometimes in these old European cities it’s hard to separate all the layers. Where does foreground end and background begin? Where does past stop and present start?]
Posted in FRANCE, POSTCARDS
Tagged big town, Bourgogne, Burgundy, France, route D606, small town, Vermenton
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Postcard #14: Bright lights big city
[You know you’re in a small town when the “big” town where you do your shopping looks like this.]
Posted in FRANCE, POSTCARDS
Tagged big town, Bourgogne, Burgundy, France, route D606, small town, Vermenton
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Postcards #13 – 17: The French countryside
One postcard won’t do. But one of those perforated, accordion folded jobs will. From me, to you. As they say, “Wish you were here.” *Photographed this past Spring. [If you liked this post, you might also like this: Merry-sur-Yonne.]
Posted in FRANCE, POSTCARDS
Tagged book of postcards, Bourgogne, Burgundy, farmland, passages, perspective, postcards, tractor
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