Monday, April 6, 2009

Yes, we really are here

Madame Blin having a beer on the Place des Vosges; her friend at Notre Dame; la Place des Vosges itself, with spring trees.

The little apartment here has shutters. Every morning, I open the shutters, pushing them back to see the day, and every night, I pull them shut them again. There is something primal about opening and shutting shutters. 

They're shut now. It's bedtime. 


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2 comments:

  1. OhoApril 7, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    beth,
    merci
    pour la Place des Vosges
    was there 1 1/2 years ago
    living Paris vicariously through you

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  2. bethApril 8, 2009 at 3:52 AM

    I do now feel as if I'm taking lots of people with me on my trip. One of my first jobs, in 1968?, was as a tour guide of the National Arts Centre before it opened, just me and my little megaphone. And now, once more.
    Venez, les amis.

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