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The Scent of Dreams
These days I have a routine every morning. The first coffee, I sit and look out the window. The second coffee I take with my laptop in front of me and I write. I try to apply Neil Gaiman’s rule. I only do two things. I write, or I do nothing, for one hour. Some…
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The Power of a Photograph
For the first time in a long time today I felt inspired to go out and take some photographs. Well, not quite. I felt inspired to go out and get snacks, but somewhere between my front door and the grocery store, I decided that I’d take a detour. I went up to the Chateau again,…
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A Place Where Time Has Existed Before
I had bad dreams last night, and I woke up not knowing where I was. Sometimes it happens like this, and it took me a little while to remember what was happening in my life. Have you ever been going through a period of change so big that you forget what your life is? That…
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There is Always Art
The sky cleared for a little while yesterday, and I got the chance to walk around and actually see that Montelimar is beautiful. It seems to be surrounded by mountains, with sloping streets looked down upon by a chateau. It reminds me that there is a different side to France that are hidden from many…
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Relearning Beauty
I have arrived in Montelimar and to be honest, I immediately did not like it. The sky is a grey drizzle, the air feels so thick I struggle to take it into my lungs, and the streets are a little tired and worn out. It seems I have projected my own image onto this place…
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Keep on Moving
This morning I woke up early. I still had a few things to do before I left the apartment. Somehow, most days, I wake up five or ten minutes before my alarm. The room was blue, the sun probably just starting to peak over the sea. I heard a bird singing, loud and beautifully. It…
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The Art of Seeing
Today, I spent the whole day in Nice. As I walked through the streets, I wondered why I didn’t come here earlier with my camera to take some shots. Somehow, it didn’t feel like the right time until today. Although it’s a beautiful city, and there is a lot of charm and character here… I…
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The Pleasure of Goodbye
This trip to France feels unlike the others, there is the smell of change in the air. These moments are always strange. A mixture of fear and excitement, a little melancholy and absent mindedness. It feels like I was just surfing a big wave, enjoying the adrenaline of the moment, and now I have been…
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A Miracle in Ardèche
I am three nights away from leaving the Cote d’Azur now… I will travel into the mountains just north west of here to an area called Ardèche. That means that I will have to be prepared to speak French a lot more than I have been getting away with on the south east coast. It’s…
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On the Nature of Love
If you do not know it already, then I think it must be obvious to deduce from my last few posts. I am in love. To pretend to write about something else would be inauthentic. It is amazing what happens when your heart meets with another. It’s as if the whole world is brighter and…