In depth recounting of my global wandering
When the 18-year-reign of Napoléon III collapsed in 1870 it ended the Second French Empire and gave rise to the Third French Republic. Sprung from rather tumultuous beginnings, France had a period of relative calm beginning at the end of …
After the concert in Giverny, we boarded our buses and returned to the ship for the final time. Sometime during the night we’d set sail for Paris and, in the morning, would go our separate ways. Some in the group …
House and (a more traditional) Garden II. As I noted previously, the earliest flower that sprung from Monet’s passion for gardening came when he created the Clos Normand – a space Monet referred to as his life’s greatest work. In …
House and (a not especially Japanese) Garden. Once he purchased the house at Giverny, Monet set about renovating it. Supervising the renovation himself, he made certain that the colors of the house and its interior matched the bright colors of …
Anticipation is an interesting word. On its own, it can be somewhat neutral adopting different characteristics based on the anticipator’s (to invent a term) state of mind. Anticipating an upcoming event anxiously is related to anticipating an upcoming event eagerly …