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 …
Somewhere along the way, food kept presenting itself and I did not resist. I could have had any number of friends co-sign the gluttony, however I must confess that both the appetite and the satisfaction Read More …
The domed pinnacles of stone at the peak of Montserrat are claimed to have been an inspiration for much of the architectural work of Gaudi and especially for the apartment complex La Pedrera. All this Read More …
Towers, chapels, basilicas and cathedrals are the skyline that points dreamers and schemers beyond self to an inspiration whether aesthetic or ascetic. The fingers lifted to the sky are more than towers of prayers. They Read More …