I’m fascinated by the creative stuff people are doing while in lockdown/during the pandemic. I love this project. And then there’s what’s happening as lockdowns are being lifted, as seen at Istanbul’s aquarium. Isn’t this just extraordinary?
Paulus Berensohn. Dancer, potter, artist, teacher, “deep ecologist”. Taught loads of people how to make beautiful personal journals. Thanks to an online course I am taking (Notebook Journeys with Roxanne Evans Stout), I discovered him and this short film. Now…
Such a discouraging day. Ran into brick walls wherever I turned. Alas! Despite that, I discovered some good things: a newsletter with all kinds of interesting, uplifting things. An Australian artist living a downsized life. Inspiring! Who besides me is…
Today life is meant to start returning to something like normal in France. We can travel more than 100 km from our homes; restaurants are open; and I don’t know what all. I am not quite ready. Still very wary.…
If you don’t know Slightly Foxed, the quarterly for book lovers, the publishers of (mostly) overlooked treasures and the home of an excellent podcast, correct the error of your ways immediately. One of my favorite reads of the pandemic is…
Worked in the yard/garden today. Trying to think of a future with flowers and vegetables and herbs–eventually! Scenes from recent walks. The rapeseed fields are about to burst into bright yellow bloom. Those are the Jura mountains in the background.…
Still lots of work to do, today and tomorrow, but getting out for a short walk is becoming imperative. We went out into the fields and took in the splendor. This pandemic is completely unreal.
I have been doing some serious writing for work and am tired by the middle of the day and in need of a break in the outside air. The weather is still unbelievably beautiful here. Poppy and Ivy and I…
No time to write today, as swamped with work. Managed to squeeze in a very short walk. Here were some scenes along the way.
We went for a short walk in the freezing cold today. We passed by the former home of the co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. It’s a beautiful house, with loads of daffodils and tulips in bloom.…