Month: September 2007
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The Lock and Key
Do you hold the key to your happiness? Photo: A lock on a dresser.
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A French Story of Food and Romance
In France it always starts with food. Which you can buy on any street corner. Buy a French baguette, a hunk of cheese, and a box of Medoc wine and attach it to a moped. Picnic a go-go. Beauty is…
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Do you speak French?
When I arrived in France I was thirty years old and did not speak more than three words in French. Some of you have asked me what was that like and how long did it take me to learn to…
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Dinner with a Paintbrush
When I arrived in France I didn’t speak a word of French. Well, I spoke three words maybe five, humble pie was my constant buddy, observing in silence my new vehicle and re-decorating was how I stayed focus during dinner…
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Collected Thoughts
Things we collect. The smallest things. Bits and pieces, from here and there. Things we collect that we attach meaning to, find pretty, or odd, that seem to say something to us. Like people, places, ideas, words…. That stick to…
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Les Jardins d’Albertas
The garden of Albertas is between Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence created in XVIII century. The French garden is strongly influenced by the Italians. It is permanently in bloom with naked statues. Very colorful in gray tones. Flowers could not be seen,…