I’m afraid they don’t know the right symbols for Christmas anymore. Here in France, the cities have installed their lamppost decorations and I compare displays as we pass from place …
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25 nov
Austerity has something to say about form, as well as about substance. Talking about form – architecture, paintings, music – I am a man of many tastes. Maybe it is …
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24 nov
In Search of Austerity, I’ve found it. Twice really this weekend. First on saturday, the stained glass windows in the Abbey of Conques. They were a complete surprise. Created by …
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We saw Conques, the most pleasant surprise of our trip so far. At the campground in St. Point (Burgundy) I had met a Dutchman who had just visited Conques and …
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Snow on the ground. This is the 22nd of november, this is the South of France. This is not what we bargained for. We did realise Merlin did not come …
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21 nov
We ate mussels today. Two of the largest pans we possess full of them. And enjoyed it. We never really were into mussels. Julie is suspicious of anything that survives …
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20 nov
I was excited to get to Souillac. I had read about the abbey, and about the way St Bernard fulminated against it. Here were the distracting animals eating animals, wonderfully …
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19 nov
The French love ‘Grand Projects’, and I love them for it. Everytime I see a TGV-train, I have to mention it to Julie. I just love the slender form of …
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Have been reading a book about the last American elections. Double Down it’s called. It is kind of a tedious book. Hundreds and hundreds of pages about an election of …
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Gestures Speak Louder than Words
When I was a kid, there was a TV show called The Twilight Zone. It was a black and white forerunner of The X Files but much better. Recently I …
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