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Retour aux Sources - Part 4, Sainte-Victoire

April 19, 2024

Flora, Français, South of France

Enjoying lasting clear skies courtesy of the mistral, we used our following morning to raid an open air market in the old Aix. There, charmed by the authentically friendly vibe...

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Blossoming Sun

April 10, 2024

Bits and pieces, New York, Photography, Science

While I am working on the next Retour aux Sources installment, here is a quick artistic view of Monday’s solar eclipse. The individual images were shot with a small...

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Retour aux Sources - Part 3, Calanques

April 6, 2024

Français, Hydrosphere, South of France

There are few places in the world that can compete in my heart with the sheer beauty of the Calanques. A jewel of the South of France, the Calanques de Marseilles are a coastal...

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Retour aux Sources - Part 2, Arrival

March 28, 2024

Flora, Français, On the road, South of France

The Big Apple was left behind on a Monday evening red-eye. Our hearts were heavy because Nkwe Pirelli, black kitty with white murder mittens, had not stayed behind before and our...

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Retour aux Sources - Part 1, A Bird's-eye View

March 18, 2024

Airborne, Always, Français, On the road, South of France

When Marie offered me a Côte d’Azur birthday pilgrimage recently, I gasped and shivered with absolute delight. It was the best present ever. But without missing a beat, the...

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Blue Sparks

April 22, 2023

Birds, New York

Visiting Jones Beach today for a sandy weekend run despite the high tide, I saw the usual shore birds including oyster catchers, but it was a flock of tree swallows that won my...

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