mercredi 26 mai 2010

*Paris in the Spring...

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"I love Paris in the spring time
I love Paris in the fall
I love Paris in the summer
when it sizzles
I love Paris in the winter
when it drizzles.
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I love Paris every moment
Every moment of the year
I love Paris,
why oh why
do I love Paris
Because my love is here".
Cole Porter
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The Champs Elysée, 23 May 2010 : see HERE for more on this unique event...
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"Amo París en el tiempo del resorte
Amo París en la caída
Amo París en el verano
en que chisporrotea
Amo París en el invierno
en que llovizna
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Amo París cada momento
Cada momento del ańo
Amo París,
porqué oh porqué lo hace
el amor París de I
Porque mi amor está aquí"
Cole Porter
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*I just love Frank Sinatra's version of this song...

lundi 17 mai 2010

Plaisirs du jour...

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"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop
whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention
to eating..."
Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright,
"Pavarotti, My Own Story"
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I love sharing recipes that inspire me in the hope that they
will inspire others...
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and many, many more...
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mardi 16 mars 2010

Simple Pleasures...

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Today,
I'm feeling really inspired by these images...
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Ghana, West Africa

Small, Satisfying Things
About Today...
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~ hearing the Right Song at the Right Moment...

.~ completing my travel arrangements for my upcoming
trip to West Africa...

.~ the aroma of freshly brewed coffee...

.. ~ finding a photo album of my African childhood
in the most unlikely place...

. ~ Making Someone Smile...

.~ Spring may, at long last, be just around
the corner...

. ~ daydreaming when I should be working...
..

lundi 8 mars 2010

Le Grand Retour...

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"The work goes on,
the cause endures, the hope still lives
and the dreams shall never die..."
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Me, myself, I - admiring the Mont Blanc chain of mountains...
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Where i've been ?
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i've been here, there, elsewhere -
living, learning, understanding but also
coping and searching...
.
i've been here, there, elsewhere -
working, developing, exploring but also
failing and struggling...
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i've been here, there, elsewhere -
travelling, observing, listening but also
experiencing and suffering...
..
i've been here, there, elsewhere -
giving, receiving, helping, but also
needing and doubting...
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i've been here, there, elsewhere -
searching, finding, creating but also
forgetting and losing...
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i've been here, there, elsewhere -
loving, laughing, remembering but also
crying and hurting...
.
i've been here, there, elsewhere -
improving, succeeding, rejoicing but also
hoping and praying...
.
Tell me,
where have you been ?
.
Thanks for all your kind words left in my absence; I'll be, hopefully,
catching up with all your blogs asap...