tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415925114404612658.post6055933952174750587..comments2023-05-05T07:06:26.594-04:00Comments on 25 days in paris: alorsSiobhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386574979088070301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415925114404612658.post-42521398690618939312009-05-29T15:33:38.601-04:002009-05-29T15:33:38.601-04:00"just coasting along, in a seemingly easy life"
I..."just coasting along, in a seemingly easy life"<br /><br />I grew up in S. Africa during the apartheid years, with more meaning than I could deal with. Escaping to the US was precisely to achieve an easy life or at least a less guilt-ridden life. It's worked mostly; but the inchoate longings for Paris or an English country cottage remain, of course. I can feel homeless anywhere in the world.<br /><br />Meantime I console myself with Isabella's quiche, which is the food they eat for breakfast in heaven. She and her husband have just opened a French bakery in a strip mall near us. There you can get perfect croissants and French practice.<br /><br />hope you can find a way back to the life of Paris..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100601629914006313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415925114404612658.post-22802057867567629642009-05-26T23:43:34.528-04:002009-05-26T23:43:34.528-04:00I found your travelblog via James Wolcott at Vanit...I found your travelblog via James Wolcott at Vanity Fair and I've loved it. I feel about London as you do Paris, but I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm never going to live in a little cottage in Surrey. Alas.<br /><br />I know coming back from trips can be depressing, but it'll work out for you, I'm sure.<br /><br />Again, thanks for the lovely blog, the wonderful photography and the to-die-for cuisine on show.Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415925114404612658.post-25211267189051138042009-05-26T21:55:54.301-04:002009-05-26T21:55:54.301-04:00Douglas, thanks for your note - I'm glad you enjoy...Douglas, thanks for your note - I'm glad you enjoyed my posts.<br /><br />I completely agree that meaning - and even beauty - can be found in many settings. I think what I'm trying to express (both to you, and also to myself) is that Paris *represents* that kind of fulfilled life, somehow, and I want to keep that in mind as a kind of lodestar, as I search for some answers in my life. That's why that damn movie hit me so hard: it showed this kind of search to be a life-or-death issue, with "Paris" as the antithesis of just coasting along, in a seemingly easy life that is ultimately anything but easy.<br /><br />oof! maybe we should just talk about pastry...Siobhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386574979088070301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415925114404612658.post-7672866711290188742009-05-26T14:46:14.673-04:002009-05-26T14:46:14.673-04:00thank you for the weblog, I've enjoyed the trip.
...thank you for the weblog, I've enjoyed the trip. <br /><br />"a life lived with meaning, in beauty"<br /><br />meaning you can find anywhere, beauty is harder. I do agree with your perception though: living in the US so often seems to require not just denying an aesthetic sensibility, but<br />refuting, negating, and reprehending it.Douglas Kretzmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594782071750975708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415925114404612658.post-17045611532942314702009-05-25T19:20:40.914-04:002009-05-25T19:20:40.914-04:00i'm so glad you have posted all of this. it is tr...i'm so glad you have posted all of this. it is truly a delight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com