The Froth

Autumn motivator: More ways not to do any work at all

26. August 2008

You like? 1. Match things up: Shoes, belts, dresses, sunglasses. Save your sets (see both of mine above) and even see where you can buy all the things you included. Cry bitter tears when the nice shoes you chose are Christian Louboutin (see orange shoes above) and cost a gazillion euros. More fun and things you [...]

Leaving is easy

25. August 2008

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This past year I traveled a bit and so now I find myself facing another addiction. The not sitting still one. I keep thinking about the next trip and checking the calendar and my diary and making plans and looking for hotels. They are called withdrawal symptoms. Planning a trip is so comforting. Leaving, too. Whatever [...]

Thank God for that

20. August 2008

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True Love: I am lucky in that my friends share my -justified, normal and expected- interest in placing magazines in straight lines as well as making sure cans are lined up with their labels facing the front and cup handles facing one direction in the cupboard. It is so relaxing.

When I am old and pink

18. August 2008

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No postcards whatsoever. In the mini market that catered for the little seaside settlement where we stayed, there was just one kind of postcard, picturing a naked lady who was sunbathing. Her breasts were made to look like mountain peaks and behind them the sun was setting. So I sent you no postcards from Halkidiki, [...]

Tuscany

5. August 2008

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Siena Sam Gimignano Duomo, Florence Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Certaldo Ponte Vecchio, Florence The lavenders and butterflies outside our door Siena, Cathedral Siena Restaurant in San Gimignano Bagno Vignoni Our house Tuscany does not look like it’s real. It looks like it is painted or handcrafted. The first morning, when I went in the garden and saw the butterflies and the lavenders I thought: "This is photoshopped". There [...]