Saturday Seven . . . Delivering Happiness and Books and Film . . .

Feeling a bit scattered right now. A few too many ambitions and projects and commitments, and I haven’t quite figured how to get my head above it all long enough to achieve some coherence. But…

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Liminal Fictions — George Saunders’ Bardo and Ali Smith’s Winter

Almost two months since I last published here,  and before that I began this post. At first, I only got as far as drafting a title and importing the photo below.  A few days later,…

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More Lyon: A Page from my Travel Journal

The frustration involved in sketching this page — which I’m now quite pleased with — doesn’t show, unless you notice the murky marks of erasure, the dirt that’s adhered to hand oils after too much…

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Words and Images in Lyon

 These cartoons, created for World Book Day 2018 by a host of international cartoonists, were displayed in a square we walked through in Lyon this past May.  You’ll have to squint a bit to read…

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Home Again, Remembering Lyon. . .

After almost six weeks away from home, I’m sorting out a workable schedule again. Appointments and grandkids and writing projects to catch up on. Sleep, fitness, diet, all the good health stuff.  Remembering old priorities…

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