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Transitions/Color Story #8: A baguette travels to Italy
This wasn’t initially written as a poem (I’m not a poet) but it really wanted to look like one, so I obliged. Every time we say we’re going to travel light. And every time it’s like moving a circus complete … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE, ITALY, TRANSITIONS
Tagged autoroute, autumn, baguette, color, France, going home, Italy, travel
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Calendar: 30 days hath November
I was recently asked to design a calendar for a client. Within 48 hours, in which I submitted my estimate, the request was withdrawn, but not before I’d had time to research all the beautiful and ingenious calendars there are … Continue reading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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The gentlest architecture
The weekend passed with little excitement, lots of work, and variable weather. Nothing major happened, which, as we all know is a sort of blessing in disguise. I took long walks with the (younger) dog when time permitted; the old … Continue reading
Day 1: Where the world is your oyster and vice versa
Recently back from stunning Cap Ferret on the Arcachon Peninsula in S.W. France, where I was finally able—between sun, sand, various bottles of white and red Bordeaux, and inimitable French style—to shake off my Milanese back ache. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, OUT & ABOUT
Tagged Arcachon Peninsula, Atlantic, Bay of Arcachon, Cap Ferret, France
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Transitions: Getting there
There is nothing about the drive to Bougogne that isn’t, in its own way, picturesque and captivating. Between Milan and “nowhere in particular” in the middle of France, there is one beautiful sight after another. Castles. Alps. Amazing tunnels. Valleys. … Continue reading
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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