Shades of Antiquity in the Lot
I’m writing this on the train to Paris after a marvellous week learning to sketch and paint en plein air in the Lot region of France with seven other women. Our teachers, the talented, patient,…
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Painting in the Lot
The view from our home for the week, here in a small town in the Lot region of France. We share the house with another couple, and there are three or four other houses in…
View PostWhat I Wore, in Bordeaux . . .
After that long and word-heavy post in which I rambled along Rue Ste Catherine, I thought you might like some photos and a chance to see whether our garb marks us as tourists. Of course,…
View PostReading Sebald in Bordeaux
St George slays the dragon on the front façade of Eglise St. Croix here in Bordeaux. I was pleased to come across the sculpture just after I began reading W.G Sebald’s remarkable long prose poem,…
View PostSaturday Morning in Bordeaux
I try to hide my impatience when Pater finally comes downstairs for tea, more than two hours after dawn reached through the skylight to tickle me awake and send me tiptoeing out of the bedroom.…
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