A little seaside town; white beaches dotted with little fishermen’s boats. Green nets, straw baskets. Little houses, little lives.
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On a silver platter
Silver dome over eggs, au plat, medium cooked. Coffee pot. Jus d’orange frais covered by a frilled paper cap.
Read MoreOn a magic carpet
“It’s the old joke about the magic carpet or the broomstick. That’s how poor people used to make journeys, because they couldn’t afford to make them literally.”
Read MoreOn the Seine
“Il était une fois la Seine, Il était une fois la vie.” – Jacques Prévert
Read MoreOn the water
children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants
– Kubayashi Issa
On Thursday night, after hours
“Come out—all of you! This is too beautiful to miss!’”
Read MoreOn the menu
Faces are soft. Dessert is soft. Cottony, fluffy soft, and just a bit jiggly, bit sweet.
Read MoreOn a mountain
Keep mending that roof, filling those baskets. Going. On boats, on horses, on foot. On picnics, even in January snow and darkness.
Read MoreOn a table in Paris
Something, a feeling like a recurring Christmas morning,
Read MoreOn a train
The train appears. “All Aboard!”
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