Month: May 2013
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My beautiful Italian friend Paola is selling her Moroccan guest house, located at the waters edge, facing the Strait of Gibraltar. It comes furnished with local antiques, handwoven silk and wool textiles, Italian linens and Murano mirrors. It has been lovingly decorated with Islamic Moorish artwork, Arabesque patterned stencils on the walls and Berber designs…
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The world was softened around the edges for a time. A most romantic time. He was profoundly romantic. In the early morning light he would go out into the dewey garden and compose bouquets. Enchanting, passionate bouquets so vast in their expression as to obscure my view of him standing there on my doorstep…in love's…
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Music is a religion in Nashville: I'm very selective when it comes to following a TV show. There have only been a few over the years that excited me enough to talk about and that kept me hooked, eagerly awaiting the next week's episode. In the past it was Crime Story (Michael Mann director;…
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I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give. - Charlotte Bronté (Jane Eyre) Here's to inward treasures.
So Sylvie 