Fashion Illustration? Presenting My New Jacket. . .

 Thought you might like to know about my new jacket, bought before I left for Edinburgh last month. It wasn’t all-purpose enough to justify bringing it along, so I was pleased to be reunited and…

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Journal Pages — Paris Purchases, Sketched near Rome. . .

Back home almost a week now, I’m beginning to sleep a bit better (5 1/2 hours in one stretch last night, the most continuous sleep in weeks), and I’m settling back into a very pleasant…

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Introducing . . . French Maison, an Expat’s Adventure in Vintage

As promised last post, I’m excited to share with you an interview with a friend I’ve “met” through social media, a woman whose recent  bold lifestyle change has intrigued me (and, let’s be honest, triggered…

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Of Airplane Travel and a Francophile’s Vintage Treasures. . .

Since we last met here, I’ve flown over the Tyrennhian and then the Ligurian seas, the island of Corsica, all bathed in sunshine. . . flown over the Alps into France, deeper and deeper into…

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A Morning of Slowness, Savoured, Somewhere Near Rome. . .

Begun Friday, Finished on Saturday, Because I’m Taking It Slow. . . . My son-in-law offered to drop me at the Metro on his way to work, so that I could have a day in…

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