The connection between these three historical figures was textbook clear. Yet when I walked into the exhibit at the Nieuwe Kerk an overwhelming emotional gratitude struck my white listening ears. These three individuals had fought Read More …
The 1941 photograph captures the Frank family in winter woollens. The picture reminds me of those early immigrant photos taken in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Walking through the Anne Frank House some 20 Read More …
In all the guide books and web sites that nudge visitors to explore Brussels there is one entry that tops the list — Manneken Pis. Yes, a statue of a boy urinating in a fountain. Read More …
In the square in Brussels the boys are tying jackets and scarfs and shirts together for a tug of war or possibly a territorial defence against the cookie-selling girls-troupe across the square. This square was Read More …
The movie set has been overrun with tourists. We lined up with them. Took a train from Brussels this morning hoping not to pierce the rain clouds. We failed! It rained. That drizzling rain that Read More …
Counting bodies in graves has never been about recovery. Has never been about making peace. Memorials like this one at Vimy Ridge were placed so that the war stories get told. Memorials were created so Read More …
The lines were forming in the plaza outside the Notre-Dame Cathedral and it became very clear: this was not built as a tourist attraction but as a sacred place of worship. When seeing the stained Read More …
The textile and fashion shows in Paris and the all the people and occasions I have visited here culminate to make this walk through the memory meandering of coffee bars and bistros a cat walk. Read More …
When an artist turns 80 and a museum can mount more than 160 works to reflect 60 years of artistic development, this is occasion for looking at the bigger picture. My first visit to the Read More …
Between the Catalan attempt at a voted voice and the Parisienne attempts to make the Champs de Élysées safe there was this other news clip from Las Vegas. More dead, more injured. Somehow we have Read More …