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MA VIE AVEC DON QUICHOTTE…

Un tel personnage inoubliable, touchant, subtil mélange de folie et de sérieux, d’extravagance et de piété, offre la possibilité d’exploiter et d’exprimer un large éventail de sentiments que la basse à qui revient l’honneur de l’incarner reçoit comme une bénédiction, mais encore faut-il en trouver les clefs […]

FAVORITES INFLUENCES

HUGGING A TREE, A STORY OF SAYING GOOD-BYE

They promised that nothing but the picture hooks would be left on the bare walls. [...]

02
Oct

HUMOR

MUSCLE MADNESS
ME AND HEALTH CLUBS,
OR, MY NEW MOTTO: “69 IS THE NEW 29”

It just amazes me the extent to which this going to the gym thing has [...]

01
Oct

PARIS

RESTORED : THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE INFANT SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

We made a special and very worthwhile visit to see this painting today. 2020 is [...]

30
Sep

PARIS

SEPTEMBER 27

“Presentiments are strange things: and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three [...]

27
Sep

VARIOUS

SEPTEMBER 24

Today, I saw this sign of hope and symbol of perseverance, this singular burst of [...]

24
Sep

VARIOUS

SEPTEMBER 22

As I admired the preserved and dried oak leaves, the florist suggested to me this [...]

22
Sep

VARIOUS

MY CELLPHONE MAKE-OVER,
SARAH BERNHARDT,
AND AGING ROCKSTARS

Today I traded up to the latest 2020 model, with all the bells and whistles [...]

17
Sep

FRANÇAIS VARIOUS

MADE IN FRANCE

J’ai fait la connaissance d’une distillerie artisanale de gin en Normandie, et un excellent fabriquant [...]

15
Sep

VARIOUS

PRE LABOR DAY CLEARANCE #4,
ART DETECTIVES EDITION

A rare watercolor sketch by Delacroix (from the Collection Prat, currently exposed at the Petit [...]

05
Sep

VARIOUS

PRE LABOR DAY CLEARANCE #3,
ART DETECTIVES EDITION

The great Delacroix, truly a multi-faceted and favorite painter of mine. A provocative text by [...]

05
Sep

VARIOUS

PRE LABOR DAY PHOTO CLEARANCE #2

Another little batch of my recent pictures   [...]

05
Sep

VARIOUS

PRE LABOR DAY PHOTO CLEARANCE #1

A little batch of my recent pictures [...]

05
Sep

HUMOR

NEW SOCKS TODAY. EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC…

New socks today. Everybody’s a critic… [...]

01
Sep

FAVORITES INFLUENCES

AN ABIDING ENCOUNTER WITH MONET’S GENIUS

These are rare moments, moments of exception, and can happen when you least expect them. [...]

31
Aug

FAVORITES ROOTS

INSIDE MY GRANDMOTHER’S ICEBOX

It was an amazing, round-shouldered 1950s model with an enormous chrome-covered handle that you pulled [...]

28
Aug

HUMOR ROOTS

OR WOULD YOU RATHER BE A FISH

By First Grade I knew all the words. How I would have loved being in [...]

04
Aug

FAVORITES ROOTS

SUMMER THOUGHTS, THE LOST HOME MOVIES

Dad purchased an 8mm amateur ‘Holiday’ movie camera in 1961. In my generation, these were [...]

02
Aug

VARIOUS

APOTHEOSIS

This is rare.  The last few moments of Joseph Haydn’s “Farewell Symphony” no. 45 (1772), [...]

01
Aug

HUMOR

THAT’S WHY I LOVE VEGETABLES

This delightful illustration is by Katie Scott, based in London. Browsing through them, I suddenly [...]

31
Jul

HUMOR VARIOUS

ICE CREAM THERAPY

I bought a pint of Häagen-Daz on the way home from an evening workout at [...]

30
Jul

PARIS VARIOUS

SUMMER THOUGHTS, AN ODE TO COLE PORTER

Today’s glorious weather, under this endlessly blazing sun, made it a choice day for being [...]

27
Jul

FRANÇAIS INFLUENCES

LOUIS JOUVET

« Rien de plus futile, de plus faux, de plus vain, rien de plus nécessaire [...]

23
Jul

FAVORITES ROOTS

A LIVING MEMORY

A tree has been planted in Israel in memory of my mother. Mum was a [...]

21
Jul

HUMOR

WHERE IS GREG NOW?

St-Tropez, Nice, San Remo? Perhaps relaxing on the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro? In fact, [...]

20
Jul

HUMOR

GREG’S SUMMER COURSES IN MUSIC THEORY 101

Drinking should be harmonious, but can be educational, too! Everyone knows the gin and tonic, [...]

17
Jul

INFLUENCES

OPALESCENCE

Opalescence “noun, literaryUK /ˌəʊ.pəlˈes.əns/US /ˌoʊ.pəlˈes.əns/ “the quality of reflecting light and changing colour like an [...]

12
Jul

PARIS VARIOUS

VIOLLET LE DUC RETURNS

Enfin, une bonne nouvelle… It was announced today that the roof of Notre Dame will [...]

10
Jul

FRANÇAIS HUMOR

AU SECOURS AMIS FRANCAIS ET FRANCOPHONES

Je dois mémoriser une nouvelle phrase courte et directe, à hurler sur le prochain cycliste [...]

04
Jul

HUMOR

THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICING, AND DEODORANT

“If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for [...]

01
Jul

FAVORITES PARIS ROOTS

A SMALL REPAIR JOB, AND MOZART, IN A BROKEN WORLD

A few days ago while out walking I discovered a little atelier where a young [...]

18
Jun