freelance writer
Let The Games Begin!
The Olympics used to give art awards, the Eiffel Tower was once a big car ad, and other tidbits.
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A Dove with Claws
Tricky Dick and the Man in Black, superheroes, and phone comedy, oh my.
![A Dove with Claws](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/07/IMG_4893.jpg)
The Things We Tell Ourselves
A helpful old man, an update on the Seine, and a call for your favorite books right now.
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The Ballad of Ben Lomond
Plus, a profile of Chef Mauro Colagreco, an ode to the Menton lemon, and a feminist (maybe) shark flick.
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"Is it too much to ask?"
Speaking your mind, minding your manners, and other odds and ends.
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The Sea Cure
A slower pace, a conversation with Rosa Jackson, and a beautiful bookbinding atelier in Old Nice.
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The Riviera
“Her bathing suit was pulled off her shoulders and her back, a ruddy, orange brown, set off by a string of creamy pearls, shone in the sun. Her face was hard and lovely and pitiful.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Gerald and Sara
A golden couple heads for France, where wonders and wildness abound. Meet the Murphys.
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MUTHA Knows Best
Hope Smith does it all, plus imagining your own startup and tons of facts about CEOs.
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Ripley
Hot priest goes creepy on us, the delights of Dutch art, and...pantry moths.
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