Photo: Lisboans visit the two-week Book Festival set up near the Gulbenkian Museum last June. Yesterday afternoon, as a lovely antidote to the first department meeting of this new term, the Poetry Reading Group comprising…
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I still have one last post to write on eating in Paris, but since my focus has been on Portugal and Lisbon over recent posts, I thought you might like to see what we loved…
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I’m trying to write a little piece on style/fashion, but I’m rethinking and revising and cutting out big sections, so it will be a while. Meanwhile, I noticed this in this morning’s news and am…
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My creation, originally uploaded by materfamilias knits. Here’s another mosaic — as Patricia suggested in yesterday’s comments, sunshine is an integral part of Lisbon’s beauty, and the ubiquitous yellow walls intensifies its uplifting effects. I…
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My creation, originally uploaded by materfamilias knits. I’ve written so little about our time in Portugal, almost nothing about Lisbon, that I’m feeling guilty, almost as if I’d snubbed or betrayed a new friend. I’ve…
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