“On hearing ill rumour that Londoners may soon be urged into their lodgings by Her [...]
At the Musée D’Orsay just last week, before all the museums here were definitively closed, [...]
Confinement, Day 5 I’m sitting here with the windows wide open and feeling that customary [...]
“Paris est tout petit pour ceux qui s’aiment comme nous d’un aussi grand amour” Like [...]
It occurs every year, around the first week of March. The large front room here, [...]
Finally a moment of consistent sunlight after a long, somewhat overcast spell here. Glorious, really. [...]
Sharing this short animated film. You may also find it inspiring. Mom had an amaryllis [...]
Events in life continue, the hurt continues, and yet the sun keeps coming up. My [...]
Leora Zillman Reinhart February 9, 1919 – January 28, 2020 Last year we celebrated her [...]
In a striking silhouette against the winter sky, the gaping spaces are visible here where [...]
This humidifier has been tested and approved. [...]
En quittant mon club hier, la jeune équipe à l’accueil me demanda comment s’était passée [...]
Last week I jokingly published something here pleading for help, since I find myself submerged [...]
Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece ‘L’Inspiration du poète’ (painted between 1625 and 1650) has returned to the [...]
These intrepid young models risked life and limb today (lots of limb apparently) for the [...]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… …and the deep hues and penetrating scent of [...]
Epiphany! In France it’s the day for tasting a delicious ‘galette des rois.’ Guess who [...]
In the 70s, my teacher, Mark Pearson, once said he wished that if for only [...]
A visit to the Louvre in 1861 – and an inside view This type of [...]
I just love Beatrice Lillie. “Louis Sobel is authority for the story that Miss [...]
Once in a while I’ll have an idea to put together something to post, then [...]
Once in a while I’ll have an idea to put together something to post on [...]
May I offer to you these lines by Rilke, a hymn to living a full [...]
Joyeux Noël 2019 « Ardent à faire du bien » And this coffee had better [...]
Suddenly the work lights at the Metropolitan Opera came up and lunch break was announced. [...]
Jacques and I were at the Musée d’Orsay two days ago, and as I was [...]
At the age of 87, he left us Thursday. He was always warm and charming, [...]
Hmmm, so THAT’s why they say “To your health…” To be brief, for one week [...]
Searching for perfection, Italian hot cocoa There’s the legendary Angelina’s on the rue de Rivoli, [...]
