Sunday Contemplations — a French Abbaye
It’s Sunday — a good day to visit a church in Vertheuil en Médoc, France Bright, sunny May outside it was, when we visited, a high noonday sun on a Saturday morning, and the streets…
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Paris Transformations. . .
Back in November, my photos of graffitiin Paris’ Belleville neighbourhood elicited mixed reaction. To put these scenes in a fuller context, I wanted to come back and give you an idea of the gentrification that…
View PostSurprising Beauty . . .
In my recent post on the Metz Pompidou Centre, I mentioned Mark Kingwell’s meditations on cities and architecture, particularly his thoughts on thresholds. I suspect Kingwell would have something to say about the location of…
View PostSeptember Dreaming Spring . . . French Spring . . .
Although I love where I live, especially when Orcas swim by. and although I appreciate September’s cooling days with the return to classes, meeting new students, greeting my colleagues again, my thoughts do sometimes drift…
View PostHappy Easter
Easter seems a good day to finally share some of the photos of the wonderful stained glass windows in Metz’ s Cathédrale St. Etienne. The one below is of one of the windows by Marc…
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