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Color Story #16: Winter warmth
Cold has come. And as we all sort of thought it might, it came hard. We were so lulled into the warmth, so used to it, that when the cold came it took us, sillies that we are, by surprised. … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, ITALY
Tagged brown, Burgundy, dog, fields, France, sunflowers
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Old beauty.
That make-it-pretty gene? The French have it too. Let things get old. Honor them. Live with them. Stack them. Layer them. Let them be. The hilltop town of Vézelay is the proof.
A different sky
It was sunny and hot for weeks. And then as intensely as it had been feverish, it was the opposite. Sweaters out of the mothballs. And a chance to look at things under a different sky.
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged black and white, Burgundy, France, landscape, photography, storm
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The importance of lavender
My first post here was entitled “The importance of blue.” That was August 8, 2010. Nearly 5 years have gone by, and in those 5 years, so much has happened, hasn’t it? For you, I hope they’ve been 5 amazing years … Continue reading
Color Story #12: Brown is the new black
Well, I don’t know about you, but for us it’s been “one of those summers.” Long, beautiful, hot, (at times) stormy and punctuated by curveballs. There’s been a lot to take care of, tend to, fix, arrange…a lot of emotions … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE
Tagged brown, Burgundy, dog, fields, France, sunflowers
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The Street #3: A walk in Burgundy
Yesterday in Burgundy, it was, in a word, wet. If jack-o-lanterns had been out grinning the night before, there was no sign of them. Gray skies, puddles, the first skeletal branches, and lingering green pressed in on all sides. It … Continue reading
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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Tomorrow, in tiny packages
We’re in the midst of a heat wave here in France. Canicule. The temperature doesn’t even drop sufficiently at night for the house to catch a breather. Fortunately, the old walls are thick and well-insulated and, yes, we make it … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Bourgogne, Burgundy, canicule, coquelicot, France, heatwave, pods, poppies, seeds, wild flowers
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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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An uncertain invitation.
I suppose if I had to name the greatest invention of all time, it would not be the wheel. But the door. It, alone, wouldn’t have led to the Industrial Revolution, but it issued the greatest metaphorical invitation of all … Continue reading
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