A Returning Traveler’s Miscellany. . . Art and What I Wore, There and At Home

A few more photos from that Women House exhibition I saw in Paris week before last —  these top two, of smaller sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, exploring the relationship between woman and house, women and…

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Spaghetti Here, Spaghetti There. . . .

  There were drawbacks to spending most of our travel time this last trip in a small seaside town outside of Rome. I know, you’re rolling your eyes, but truly, especially if I hadn’t had…

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2017 Reading List

Three weeks into 2018, it’s past time to publish my 2017 Reading List, incomplete and unsatisfactory as it may be. As you’ve surely noticed, I grumble regularly about my poor performance in these posts, frustrated…

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Five Things Friday — Paris Art

Five Things Friday — Paris Art   1. At the same exposition I referred to here, Women House, at Monnaie de Paris, a brilliant, sensuous sculpture by (as if you needed me to tell you!)…

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Pulling Myself Together! A Post-Travel Invitation

When I learned that the theme for this month’s By Invitaton Only posts was “Unity,” I’ll admit to being rather intimidated. Such big ideas come under this umbrella, and I wondered how I could contribute…

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