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Ma vie avec Don Quichotte…

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20
Apr
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
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
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
SEPTEMBER 27

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

27
Sep
SEPTEMBER 24

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

24
Sep
SEPTEMBER 22

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

22
Sep
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
MADE IN FRANCE

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

15
Sep
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
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
PRE LABOR DAY PHOTO CLEARANCE #2

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

05
Sep
PRE LABOR DAY PHOTO CLEARANCE #1

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

05
Sep
NEW SOCKS TODAY. EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC…

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

01
Sep
AN ABIDING ENCOUNTER WITH MONET’S GENIUS

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

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31
Aug
INSIDE MY GRANDMOTHER’S ICEBOX

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

20 Comments

28
Aug
OR WOULD YOU RATHER BE A FISH

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

3 Comments

04
Aug
SUMMER THOUGHTS, THE LOST HOME MOVIES

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

1 Comments

02
Aug
APOTHEOSIS

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

1 Comments

01
Aug
THAT’S WHY I LOVE VEGETABLES

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

31
Jul
ICE CREAM THERAPY

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

30
Jul
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
LOUIS JOUVET

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

23
Jul
A LIVING MEMORY

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

21
Jul
WHERE IS GREG NOW?

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

20
Jul
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
OPALESCENCE

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

12
Jul
VIOLLET LE DUC RETURNS

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

10
Jul
AU SECOURS AMIS FRANCAIS ET FRANCOPHONES

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

04
Jul
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
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