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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.
![The Things We Tell Ourselves](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/03/IMG_3827.jpg)
The Ballad of Ben Lomond
Plus, a profile of Chef Mauro Colagreco, an ode to the Menton lemon, and a feminist (maybe) shark flick.
![Photo by Paige Bowers.](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/06/IMG_4715-1.jpg)
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
![The Riviera](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/05/IMG_4120.jpg)
Gerald and Sara
A golden couple heads for France, where wonders and wildness abound. Meet the Murphys.
![Gerald and Sara](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/04/IMG_4105.jpg)
MUTHA Knows Best
Hope Smith does it all, plus imagining your own startup and tons of facts about CEOs.
![MUTHA Knows Best](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/04/IMG_4095.jpg)
Scientific Method
On this week's eclipse, historical interpretations of this phenomenon, old bones, and word wars.
![Scientific Method](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/04/2006BB2214.jpg)
Ode to La Belle Arlette
A little tale about an antiheroine, a writing prompt, some chocolate-y goodness, a hat-tip to my second-favorite Greek, and me saving you some time.
![Ode to La Belle Arlette](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/03/IMG_3829.jpg)