More Windows
17 February Tuesday I walked down one street around the corner and I saw windows being washed. Some were being cleaned from the outside and some were being cleaned … Continue reading
Blankets
13 February Friday The vendors near all of the city’s tourist attractions have things to sell spread out on small blankets. There are tumbled piles of tiny Eiffel Towers and … Continue reading
The Chocolatier
Yet another chocolatier has moved into the district since we were last here. This time it replaces an old family butcher who used the spot since the last century. How … Continue reading
Roll-on Andre Cadere
your paint stick still dipped in these parts
Rue Montorgueil
There has been a flurry of recent discussion about the reprint of my book from 1968, Rue Montorgueil decked out with Flags. It’s a technically tricky job, and an elusively … Continue reading
Encore La Poste
11 February Wednesday My 89 year old mother has been trapped by blizzards and by heavy snowfall and ice for three or four days every week. It has … Continue reading
Time Prestige
10 February Tuesday I saw the pharmacist come out of the pharmacy with a small carton. He used a key to open the vending machine on the wall. He … Continue reading
Pink Bus
8 February Sunday We walked from rue de Bretagne. The air was cold and crisp and the sky was blue. Sometimes the sun was out but mostly it … Continue reading
2015
January 24th. We have arrived at last, and after some monstrous bug caught on the plane over from Ireland, we begin to recover and settle. On a walk out to … Continue reading
The Doctor is Upstairs
At least once a day, I am asked where the doctor is. Each time I say that the doctor is upstairs on the third floor. I have never seen the … Continue reading
notes from an urban hibernation 