Last Days in Paris
Yesterday, our penultimate day in Paris for this trip,I wrapped a large chiffon scarf over my shoulders to keep them from burning and took my wrinkled linen pants out for a stroll in the…
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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,…
View PostPainting 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,…
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