“The archangel loved heights.”

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I think the next time I go to France I would like to go back to Mont St. Michel. I have not been there in many years. Funny the things you remember – – as intriguing and thought-provoking and wonderful as it was to explore and learn about the church, I also remember being told that the surrounding tidal flats contained areas of quicksand, and that beyond that it was dangerous to walk out on the sand because the tide came in faster than a galloping horse.

Sharon Robinson cd EVERYBODY KNOWS

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Just ordered her new cd.  I may be late in discovering her, but I make up for it in enthusiasm.

A Note From Obama

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I don’t recall seeing an example of Obama’s handwriting before, it’s quite distinctive.  Steady, controlled, inexorable; nice open loop in the L in “please”, downstrokes on “y”s head down and don’t come back. No breaks within words, but each compartmentalized. Signature is ego, id, superego contained within a considered design.

Fez is my favorite city in Morocco

 

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Sorry I could not make it to the festival of world sacred music.

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“Paris dit NON à l’antisémitisme, au racisme, à toutes les discriminations!” signed, Mairie de Paris

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Stayed in an apartment on this fascinating street a few years ago. Historic, poignant ambiance; pleasant encounters, good conversations, good food.

Frank Lloyd Wright Theater Curtain

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This huge, complex, stunningly beautiful and thought-provoking work of fabric art is the first item in the Wright show celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Guggenheim. Thank you Ellen, Prilla and Eileen for making such a moment of discovery all the more wonderful for being able to share it.

Financial Dismay

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Hope Obama is Thinking This Through

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