Month: February 2006
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Everywhere you Look Railings
Railings, are everywhere is France. Everywhere. They adorn everything. Varied sizes, intricate to plain-janes, straight-lace to curvy. Made of iron they are made to last. I bet you could go to any part of France, Stand in one spot, pivot…
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Opera in France
The Stone steps at the Theater in Orange are also used as seats. This massive first century outdoor theater holds five thousand people. I have been to two opera performances there. Both were jammed packed without an inch to spare.…
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Feast Day of Love
Saint Valentine’s Day Trust the many hands of love that come your way… The giving and receiving, the gentle and the strong. The hand that asks you to let go of it, the hand that is hard to hold… Many…
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Ruby Lips
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, tomorrow is Valentine…French kissing, chocolates, all things red, expectations, pink candy heart messages, love letters, red roses, sweet nothings…and on *ruby lips the words I love you. *19th century oil on canvas painting of an young man. His ruby…
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Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder
On the top left hand corner of a destroyed painting that I have is the face of an *angel. (In the corners of my life sit angels… and some demons too.) Time has chipped away the rose-colored cheeks, though time…
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This place is not Taken
Stillness. Quiet. Silent. Empty. Alone– pair of chairs. Similar-alike-symbolic. Two-of-a-kind. Side-by-side. Next-to-each-other. Twins–not exactly the same. Peas-in-a-pod. Pears. Apples and Oranges. Blue. Waiting. Empty seat. The two of us. you and me. inseparable. Matching pair. Faded. Used. Out of focus…