Another Paris Postcard: Bad News/Good News

So, let’s start with the bad news, and get that out of the way. . . Yes, against our faint hopes, our train tomorrow has been cancelled due to the SNCF work action. Luckily, we’d…

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Postcard from Paris

We’re happily settled in our familiar hotel in Paris (such a warm welcome — the front desk clerk came out to give me a big hug! — made us up a tisane and then asked…

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Five Things on a Sunny Spring Friday

Well, we’ll see if I make it to Five Things.  1. These beautiful apple blossoms on the Scarlet Sentinel tree opened this week in our terrace garden, thanks to some very generous sunshine.  Besides being…

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Friday Five: On Today’s “To Do” List

On today’s agenda: 1. Make two loaves of sourdough fermented bread — make, not bake, as this recipe requires another 24-36 hours in the fridge after the loaves have been formed into their brotfrom baskets and before they…

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Photo to Sketch, Bringing Italy Home

A week or two ago, I posted this photo on Instagram; it was taken in Tivoli, Italy, at the beginning of the year. Something about the way the mortar/stucco exterior is falling away to reveal…

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