I guess this was bound to happen
Frankenfood comes to France.
A fantastic find
The amazing Austin Kleon pointed me to Quotenik, which is an amazing site for quotes from creative people. I LOVE this entry, from a poet I have long admired: Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your…
Women getting their due, even if they ARE dead
Such a great initiative by the New York Times. But I’m still gobsmacked at the women they missed out. Ida B. Wells? SYLVIA PLATH?? I guess “better late than never” really applies in this case.
Penguin love
This is great. And this. I agree with Robert Louis Stevenson: “The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”
Increasing addiction
The travel sketchbook, or carnet de voyage, is HUGE in France. There are festivals devoted to them in lots of places. Artists come from all over Europe to show off their work. I’ve now been to two, and am booked…
Dresden
Friend Alice and I (and Psychokitty, of course) went to Dresden in November. I had always wanted to see this city that was bombed to smithereens in the Second World War. The city had a melancholy feel. Large parts of…
After the Beast from the East arrived
Last week’s snowfall was impressive and beautiful, despite the near-impossibility of travel for a day.
When you just need more color
I braced myself for a visit to Sennelier on a recent trip to Paris and bought myself a 48-pan watercolor palette. It was a bit of a production, as it involved ordering the plastic half-pans (mark this down, Francophiles, they…
What else can you do on a 4 1/2 hour commute?
Listened to podcasts until I felt sick. And snapped this photo.
Where I live
On a clear day, or clear-ish, the vista is simply magnificent.