creativity
"Is it too much to ask?"
Speaking your mind, minding your manners, and other odds and ends.

The Sea Cure
A slower pace, a conversation with Rosa Jackson, and a beautiful bookbinding atelier in Old Nice.

The Riviera
“Her bathing suit was pulled off her shoulders and her back, a ruddy, orange brown, set off by a string of creamy pearls, shone in the sun. Her face was hard and lovely and pitiful.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Gerald and Sara
A golden couple heads for France, where wonders and wildness abound. Meet the Murphys.

MUTHA Knows Best
Hope Smith does it all, plus imagining your own startup and tons of facts about CEOs.

Ripley
Hot priest goes creepy on us, the delights of Dutch art, and...pantry moths.

Scientific Method
On this week's eclipse, historical interpretations of this phenomenon, old bones, and word wars.

Once Upon a Dreamboat
Elusive composers, meeting deadlines, librarian love, perfume madness, and more.

Ode to La Belle Arlette
A little tale about an antiheroine, a writing prompt, some chocolate-y goodness, a hat-tip to my second-favorite Greek, and me saving you some time.

In Praise of Dilly-Dallying
Here's to taking your sweet time, old Cockney tunes, growing old (and getting cooler), and other goodness.
