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Caustic commentary from emerging and declining empires. Mostly the latter.
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Trying New Ways to Fail to Learn a Language
As I’ve mentioned before, my failure to competently express myself in a language not my own is a source of embarrassment to me. I struggle. It’s not an excuse, but it is a fact.
I live in France. I use French. I need French. I’ve bought a...
Bonne Fête Nationale, France
I have no idea what happened and I am home now, but I never thought the most panicked crowd situation I would ever be in would be in the Nice Old City. Utter pandemonium.
— My Facebook post the night of 14 July 2016
It’s like rain o...
Where I am is not where I should be
My thoughts on how the second anniversary of the best/worst decision I’ve ever made coincided with the one year anniversary of the destruction of USAID and the purge at State. It’s turned into more of a rant than I intended but I cannot sep...
Check in From Half-Way Down a Rabbit Hole
It’s mercatino dell’usato (flea market) Sunday! I go to so many that vendors recognize me now. Not only that, I recognize their stuff. “Hey, I looked at that weird vase last weekend in Mondovì.”
Ceva (of the mushroom festa, also a favorit...
Ask Carpetblog: What is art and how can I tell?
For a variety of complicated reasons, I am recycling old Carpetblog posts. The least complicated explanation is they are finally easily accessible. Sadly, the photos are gone; many visual gags simply fail to land. There was also once a vibr...
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Not my circus. Not my monkeys. Living in Nice, FR for a decade, but often in the Ligurian Alps of Piemonte. Once an Istanbullu, always an Istanbullu. I like textiles and food, the Med coast of Italy/FR and other difficult places.
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