Now that I’m settled in our temporary home in Bordeaux, where I don’t feel the same need I did in Rome to get out of a hotel room and gobble up the city, I’ll see…
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Goodness, What was I thinking? You, perhaps, knowing I was to fly somewhere this past Sunday, that I was embarking on ten weeks’ travel, wondered how I’d ever manage to post on ten more chapters.…
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I’d love to keep the excuse-making to a minimum, but I will tell you that Pater and I enjoyed a long bike ride on Friday; I spent a glorious day with a friend visiting from…
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I’ve finished reading the “Childhood” section of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend for the second time, and I’ve begun my post on it, likely to be up by Sunday, but I want to pause and ask what…
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With all the demands of moving, I must admit that I wished I hadn’t committed to a Monday post on those first ten (short, admittedly) chapters of the “Childhood” section of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant…
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