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Music and Flowers
Earlier this week we had three days of mostly dark skies and rain. Weather like that makes it somewhat harder to get around and do what one wants to, but in the right circumstances it contributes to...
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Days Like This
Last Sunday, June 15, was everything that says “Paris” to me. I left my apartment early enough to walk through the Luxembourg Gardens and stop for an espresso in the café under the trees next to the...
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Lagniappe
A little extra from my wanderings today – a young couple by the Saint-Sulpice church. In case you wonder what she was wearing, I had been walking behind them before I peeled off to take these photos,...
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Paris Windows
This last photo is indeed of a window, but of a mirrored window. The Odéon Theatre is in the background.
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What I Will Miss Most
The wonderful people I have met during this stay are what I will miss most. Their smiles, their sense of humor, the thoughts they have shared with me about how the world works – all of this has defined...
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Chez moi
My apartment is towards the back of a somewhat rectangular, paved courtyard. There are two main buildings – mine is one – entered through the courtyard; and there are several small...
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Celebrating the Fourth
For me it began yesterday evening, July 3, with my first-ever attendance at a performance of the corps de ballet of the Paris Opéra. The company performs at both the ornate, belle époque architectural...
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Parisians 2
I found these classic Parisians today in the beautiful Jardin des Plantes in the Fifth arrondissement: That was for smiles. But aren’t they handsome? Some others: She epitomizes the Parisienne to me –...
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Aïn Gazhal
Sometimes an image sticks in the mind in the same way a song does. The image that’s been visiting me since late October is that of Aïn Gazhal – Gazelles’ Spring. The name of a sculpture, and of a...
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