Category: Paris

July 1, 2016 /

I am attracted by almost any French word – written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought “saucisson” so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child – until I learned it meant “sausage”! Olivia de Havilland

December 15, 2015 /

Olivia de Havilland in Christmas red

November 19, 2015 /

“We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own.” Jean-Paul Sartre

November 14, 2015 /

“O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

Beguiling is going dark for a few days in honor of Paris, and the people of France.

November 11, 2015 /

“If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” Robert Capa (1913-1954)

Capa was best know for documenting war, but he also captured peace…
November 5, 2015 /

Quoth I, Vickie Lester, in days of yore we knew not sunblock…

September 12, 2015 /

California is burning…

This is a picture one of my older brothers texted me on Friday moments before he got a mandatory evacuation order as the western side of the Sierras went up in flames. He said it was getting difficult to breathe. Both my brothers live in the area. If you look…

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June 25, 2015 /

Reprise: Looks like an Avedon photo to me, probably Diana Vreeland was somewhere around barking about pizzazz!, fun!, beauty!

June 13, 2015 /

Ascension, Cocteau Style…

June 12, 2015 /

“Fact-checking is so boring compared to writing fiction.” Francine Prose, bless her for not spending years at the Bibliothèque nationale, and instead giving us her latest novel.