Recent Reading, Armchair Travel and Mystery Novels and Marriage . . .

I’m determined to post another Ferrante ReadAlong entry soon, but I’ve hardly been a monogamous reader — and my travel status tends to encourage Vacation Reading. If the move into the year’s darker days has…

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Wednesday Illustrations, Autumn in Bordeaux

I want to offer you something today, but franchement, after this morning’s yoga class — oof! what a workout! — and given that we’re due to meet our French tutor in an hour, I can’t…

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Apple Pie and Patience and Metamorphosis — Really! All in one Post!

Success! Or closer to, at least. And I thought you’d all like to be reassured that yes, she can bake an apple pie in a Bordeaux kitchen far from home.  Using a completely different recipe…

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Another Friday, Still in Bordeaux, and Five More “Things”

I’m feeling a bit impatient with myself around what’s happening on the blog lately. I’m stuck in reportorial mood, it seems to me, when part of me is itching to become a bit more analytical,…

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More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

 As it turns out, when I go through my photo files, I don’t have as many photos of street art as I thought. But I do have a few more here to share, mostly from…

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