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A geranium in winter
Finally, after almost four years, we were back in Paris. We stayed in an apartment belonging to a friend of Norman’s, and were greeted with the sight of red geraniums in the window boxes. We were there for Christmas and … Continue reading
Funeral march for a dead parrot
I was working in the kitchen, half listening to the radio, when something caught my attention. The radio announcer, in introducing a piece of music, was describing a Parisian composer and musician who was extremely reclusive. The story went that … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris music
Tagged Alkan Morhange, Alkan Society, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Elie Miriam Delaborde, Erard pianos, Frederic Chopin, George Sand, Hugh Macdonald, Joseph Zimmerman, Lina Eraïm Miriam, Marc-André Hamelin, Paris Conservatoire, Ronald Smith, rue Daru, rue du Mail, Square d’Orléans
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The missing link
Angers. My first term at university in France. Breakfast with my roommate Anne Marie (still a close friend after all these years). She mixed coffee with scalded milk in a bowl, put butter and jam on a piece of baguette … Continue reading
Silent witnesses
Early one morning, Norman and I dropped off our car for servicing at a local garage. We had breakfast at the Goat Café and then took a walk for an hour or so until it was time to retrieve the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris parks, Paris streets, Toronto
Tagged Adolphe Alphand, dawn redwood, espaliering, foxglove tree, Jane Hunter, Judas tree, Musée de Montmartre, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Place de Vosges, Place St-Gervais, plane trees, pollarding, Robinia pseudoacacia, rue Furstemberg, Square de la Villa Sainte Croix, Susan Walter, Thomas Brail
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Eclairage Chauffage: Helen McNicoll and the painting of light
This image of a market in Brittany was painted by Helen McNicoll in 1910. The sign “Eclairage Chauffage” on the building in the background seems appropriate, since the sun is beaming down and you can almost feel its warmth. McNicoll … Continue reading
Posted in Paris art, Toronto
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A convent education
As I was leaving for the hospital, I grabbed a book from the bookshelf near the bedroom door. I chose it because it was a small paperback I could slip into my little bag of belongings. Just as well. There … Continue reading
Astérix and the lost streets of Montparnasse
I am a latecomer to the adventures of Astérix, the hero of more than 30 bandes dessinés – comics, or perhaps “comix” à la René Goscinny, the creator of Astérix and all those other “x” characters. There’s Obélix, the pigtailed … Continue reading
Posted in Paris churches, Paris popular culture, Paris streets
Tagged Albert Uderzo, Astérix, Galettes bretonnes, Hotel de l'Industrie, Martin Sorrell, Nicholas Breach, Notre Dame du Travail, René Goscinny, Richard Cobb, rue d’Alésia, Rue de Gergovie, rue Vercingétorix, Slightly Foxed, Suffren
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The boating party
For Marnie, with thanks for many happy memories, and for your long-standing support of this blog. Sail on, silver girl. I am thinking about boats today, for several reasons. One is the fact that a good friend of ours who … Continue reading
Posted in Family history, Seine, Toronto
Tagged Edouard Manet, Georges Seurat, Gustave Caillebotte, mary cassatt, Paris flood, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sevres, Turgot map
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