Travel RePort Re Portland. . .

First of all, thanks again to Eleonore for that delightful garden visit and the dramatic story that unfolded as she introduced us to it. I’m so pleased with the Garden Series — when I proposed…

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Travel Sketch. . . Trogir Putto

I sketched this cheeky putto in Trogir (croatia), in the chapel of the Blessed Giovanni Orsini (by Donatello pupil Fioren) in the very beautiful St. Lawrence Cathedral, and I remembered him this past week when Hamish…

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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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Five (x2) Things Friday — that Roman Light!

I’m sorry, but I’m going to be cheating a bit for this post. I’m short on words and long on photographs right now and trying to figure out how best to take advantages of Five…

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Massive Architecture and Sculpture in Rome, Ancient and Contemporary

First of all, Context. I mean, it’s the Colosseum. Yes, it’s just sitting there, down the end of a street I access a few blocks from my hotel, and it’s been there, well, almost forever,…

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