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Bartholdi and his Statue of Liberty

May 16, 2020 by Hugh Nelson 6 Comments

Diorama created by Bartoldi to show measuring and shaping of the plaster forms

The dictionary sums up what most of us know about Bartholdi and his Statue of Liberty. This brief description of a statue by a man we’ve never heard of conveys nothing of the quest and the ideas that produced this phenomenal work of art. The Statue of Liberty: a statue at the entrance to New York […]

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Need help with sleep – read Balzac

April 8, 2020 by Hugh Nelson 10 Comments

Both in France and in the United States, we seem to be in the worst of the COVID-19 problem now. There are shortages of equipment, rising numbers of deaths and infected, new outbreaks, and no quick fix on the horizon. We continue to be inundated with non-stop news, most of it bad. I’ve discovered that […]

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Bonne année 2020!

January 1, 2020 by Hugh Nelson 28 Comments

2019 was our seventh year in France, the last year of the decade, our 30th wedding anniversary, each of our 50th high school reunions, the 50th anniversary of my swearing in at the Naval Academy, the 30th anniversary of my taking command of USS Buffalo (SSN-715), the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and the moon landing, […]

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A Song of Egypt

March 9, 2019 by Hugh Nelson 9 Comments

On the Nile river proceeding south from Luxor

Every morning at our hotel by the Red Sea the guy making eggs would hum a little song. It was a happy song, though I had never heard the tune. It was always the same. He was always happy, cooking eggs, humming a song of Egypt. I would never have chosen to travel to Egypt […]

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The Assumption of Mary

August 15, 2018 by Hugh Nelson 7 Comments

Entry Hall, Notre Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse

August 15th is the French national holiday for the Assumption of Mary. This religious day is celebrated in many parts of the world by about 1.5 billion Catholics, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, as well as by parts of the Anglican Church. The holiday celebrates the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven at […]

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August in Paris

August 7, 2018 by Hugh Nelson 7 Comments

Brenda on deserted rue Cler

Today it’s about 97°F, which has been typical this August in Paris. We have bright sun and not much wind. Since most apartments don’t have air conditioning, it’s pretty miserable in most places. The French call this weather une canicule, which comes from the latin canicula for small dog. In English we call days like […]

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