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The Daily Cure for me is trying to smell taste touch—really experience— something, each day, that reminds me that I'm alive and, mostly, happy to be here. A small moment that should go a long way, at least in theory.-
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A wagon full of warm
Last spring, I caught sight of this old man making his way home with a bit of scavenged firewood. I imagine he’s using it now. The wind is so cold. And so fierce when it whips up. An hour ago … Continue reading
More earthiness
The posts will be short these days, as this is family time. And perhaps my creative energy, like the sun, makes itself available on a shorter schedule during these dark, northern winters. These are times for digging down, burrowing, reading … Continue reading
Moldy goodness
Just before Christmas, we stopped in at the Caves de Bailly where we annually stock up on Crémant de Bourgogne, Irancy, Ratafia, and Crème de Cassis. It’s literally a journey into the center of the earth, and even in the … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, SAVORING
Tagged bailly la pierre, caves de bailly, cheese, Christmas, France
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Let there be light, Part 2
Shortly after my last post. 9:30 p.m. The light come on— a glow warm as hope in the doubt-ridden night. And that brings to mind another poem I love: Hope is the Thing with Feathers Hope is the thing with … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Burgundy, Emily Dickinson, France, hope, Hope is the Thing with Feathers, street light
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Let there be light
When darkness asserts itself, they come on—at first, a faint pink glow. At midnight, they go out leaving the town blanketed in pitch-blackness. Inside these rustic houses are high-speed internet connections. But outside there are streetlights reminiscent of a long … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Burgundy, France, long-life bulbs, robert louis stevenson, street lights, the lamplighter
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Roofscapes
Whenever you find yourself in a foreign country, it is the things that are completely normal (so normal as to be invisible) to the natives that are, to you, the hallmarks of Wonderland. I’ve walked through the streets of this … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged Burgundy, camille pissarro, cezanne, France, gardanne, peter wegner, rooftops
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Hit the road, Jacques
OK. I’m back in Italy, but yesterday a package I ordered a few days ago arrived from Amazon.fr: the French card game, Mille Bornes. The immediate effect of its arrival was that my memories zoomed back in time both one … Continue reading
Spring storm
Post #6 from our Easter week in Burgundy. Everything smells different right before it hits. The light changes. The temperature drops. Things are hushed, then windy. The gray grows in intensity overhead, while underneath roiling clouds, beiges turn to gold. … Continue reading
Pissenlits / dandelions
Post #5 from our Easter week in Burgundy. NOTE: I can hardly look at a dandelion without thinking of World War II, of hunger, of doing without, of survival and—despite all that— of happiness. I think, whether we like it … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE
Tagged dandelions, eating dandelions, France, pissenlit, World War II
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One potato
Post #2 from our Easter week in Burgundy. I’ve always loved potatoes. And thirteen years of pasta and rice haven’t dimmed my passion. What, really, fills the cracks better than that earthy packet of starch? It’s no surprise, then, that … Continue reading
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