Category Archives: France

We’ve been watching a fantastic British spy series, known on BBC America as “MI-5”. It’s the thinking person’s “24”. Now, “24” is highly entertaining, but it is more of a cartoon series than serious drama. And it is darkly fascistic … Continue reading →

As you all know, I am collecting pictures of bumper stickers as we lead up to the 2008 elections. Wouldn’t you know the best ones would be found in the REI parking lot. But who would have thought they’d all … Continue reading →

One of the things we most missed after returning with family from three years in Verona, Italy back in 1994, was our regular Friday night at the Pizzeria Ca’ Trentina. About week two after arriving in Portland, in a daze … Continue reading →

My friend Palermo came by yesterday, with her out-of-print book on the complete works of Picasso’s experimentation, as creator and destroyer, with Velasquez’ painting of Las Meninas. A born rebel in an age rebels with or without causes (Castro, James … Continue reading →

London Is So Dry, It’s Planting Cactus. Such good timing. A few days after my post on the Olive, which is sinking roots in terrain once too soggy for it to prosper, this page one story in today’s Wall Street … Continue reading →