Monthly Archives: October 2004

The view out the window of my study tonight, back home in Denver. Send to KindleTweet

The place looks fabulous. Francoise took very good care of our home while she was here and left lavender gifts in the bedroom, several new CDs in my study, and a supply of good books in French. Darlene and I … Continue reading →

Darlene stepping down a narrow street this afternoon in the old city of Mougins. Send to KindleTweet

We took a bus to see the nearby old city of Mougins this afternoon, after packing most of the morning and putting things back where we found them in Francoise’s apartment. When I cleared the desk in her room five … Continue reading →

A train waits to depart the Toulouse station this afternoon. After a four-and-a-half-hour trip, our train pulled into Cannes this evening three minutes late. During the ride, I finished Lord Jim, Darlene read a mystery and slept, and Deb worked … Continue reading →

View from the visitor’s entrance at the cave at Niaux, south of Foix in the French Pyrenees, showing metal sculpture and overlook platform to the right. Send to KindleTweet

When I first began work on a review of Clayton Eshleman’s Juniper Fuse in July, I imagined yesterday’s moment: my own view of Upper Paleolithic images drawn on a cave wall in France. I did not imagine how distracting the … Continue reading →

Afternoon traffic on the main street through Castillons-en-Couserans today. Send to KindleTweet

The night train to Toulouse could have been a time capsule, for our sense tonight of having been transported back centuries in time. Not that the city of Toulouse lacks modern conveniences, including an Avis rental car office at the … Continue reading →

Len waiting in his own chair at the Place Vauban bus stop on Boulevard Carnot. Send to KindleTweet