But, as Proust reminds us, "It was in vain that I lingered before the hawthorns."
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"It was in vain that I lingered before the hawthorns."
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About Me
- Gary Scudder
- Burlington, Vermont, United States
- As Lucinda Williams reminds us: "In the silence of the roses Words fell"
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Blog Archive
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2020
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August
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- Snacking in Madrid
- Omar's Wedding
- Simple Pleasures
- Late Nights in Madrid
- Independence Museum
- Breakfast with Mike
- Sundowner
- Self-Portrait 2020
- The Boy, Once Again
- The Golden Age
- Missing Portugal
- But Bring a Spare
- Overlooking Dubrovnik - and other things
- Dubrovnik Street Scenes
- Hunting For Northern Lights - Unsuccessfully
- Hallgrimskirkja
- Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft
- The Talking To Bread Stage Of The Pandemic
- The Past
- Remembering Beirut
- Upgraded to Dangerous
- Hot Water Cold Water
- The Causeway
- Hellnar
- Stark Beauty
- A Little Help
- Hakarl
- Kucki's Pub
- Eid During the Pandemic
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August
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Countries Visited
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- Holland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Tanzania
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Vatican City
- Yemen
- Zambia
Words (Between the Lines of Age)
"To think a flower is to see and smell it, And to eat a fruit is to know its meaning."
Fernando Pessoa,
"Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man's mad desire become his god?"
Virgil, Aeneid
Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past
"This is the way the gods ordained the destiny of men, to bear such burdens in our lives, while they feel no affliction."
Homer, The Iliad
Check It Out
On the Nightstand
- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
- Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
- Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
- William Carter, Marcel Proust: A Life
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