DAYS OF LOVE AND LONGING

"Dans les personnes que nous aimons, il y a, immanent à elles, un certain rêve que nous ne savons pas toujours discerner mais que nous poursuivons." (Marcel Proust, Le Temps Retrouvé)

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Bangkok to Brazil

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Garrincha steals the show.... From the beginning you told me you were passionate about football. And you have been telling me many ...

For the grace of you

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     It's five days now that I am back to Europe, after crossing the world to see you in Thailand and also to travel with you to Vietna...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Next to me

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Hanoi Moment I just returned home from sending you off at the airport. It is quiet here and I am missing you. It is hard thinking of y...

Home away from home

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23 Love Lane This is ‘23 Love Lane’, the little hideaway we shared in Penang these past few days. Simply named after its street address...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Love Lane

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     We have just returned from Penang, in Malaysia. This is a lovely place, but it is far to be one of my favorite cities in the world....
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A skillful sleeper

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Henri Rousseau - The Sleeping Gypsy - 1897 Referring to your earlier post on our time in Hanoi, I am reminded of one of your most ado...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Taking the good and the bad times

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     Yesterday you had an allergic reaction, possibly related to something you ate. I went to the hospital with you and tried to support yo...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

A house in Hanoi

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     I love traveling with you who are a traveler indeed, not just a tourist. Beside you, I have experienced new places and different cu...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Traveling to you

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    I'm leaving for Asia today in order to meet you. I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time already. It will be...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

An ongoing conversation

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Homage to J.S. Bach - Georges Braques- 1912 This afternoon the music of Bach’s Concerto for 2 Violins came into my head. It is a be...

On kisses and kissing

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     I am really excited to cross the world in order to meet you again. It will be great to be guided around Asia by you. For sure I wi...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

Maybe it is written in the stars

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You will be in Asia with me in less than a week from now. It is exciting that you will be discovering a completely new part of the worl...

Difficult days

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It is true that we passed some difficult days recently. The distance between us is hard at times to manage and the more I need you, the...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Wrangle

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     These last days were not very favourable. After some negligence of my part, not calling you and not talking to you properly for a few ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Strangely lovely

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You posted an image of a cat in your last entry and, as the subject of cats seems to come up fairly often between us for some reason, I ...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Prepositional issues

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     Prepositions are really tricky in any language. Yesterday we were talking about a few mistakes I make with these little words whe...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Samsara

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I thought today of our time in Istanbul and all of those walks we took along the streets on our way to explore mosques, markets and othe...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

A bridge and a fall

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     Tonight, after coming back home at the end of a busy day, I went to run in Battersea Park. When I passed by the Albert Bridge, I re...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Life's greatest adventure

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Rodin - The Kiss We said goodbye earlier today after spending this last month together sharing many wonderful moments, amazing places...

Farewell

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     After a few great weeks in Europe, you departed for Thailand today. It was happy and sad to accompany you to the airport, where we sai...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Parisian Promenade

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Parisian Boulevard, 1896 - Pierre Bonnard I walked for miles this afternoon after my last appointment: past the Louvre and along the...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Order/disorder

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     Strolling around Paris, I think somewhere in Montmartre, I remember capturing this image that was on a wall. If "love belongs ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Under your caring wing

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Pour Toi, mon Amour Je suis allé au marché aux oiseaux Et j’ai acheté des oiseaux Pour toi Mon amour Je suis allé au march...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Alone but not lonely

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     After many days by my side, you had to travel for a few days. Since then I have been missing you and feeling as though a part of me ha...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Loving you first

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     After coming back with you from a great trip to Turkey, I had to re-immerse myself in my work and in the hellacious routine I have to c...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

On the Subject of 'Butts'

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  As our holiday in Turkey draws to a close, I thought it a good time to touch on a subject which is particularly near and dear to your...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Cats, colors, care

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     Lovely to roam the streets of Istanbul hand in hand with you, kissing you here and there. One of the things that have called our at...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Wandering between two continents

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My dear, the last few days have been wonderful, wandering the streets of Istanbul and enjoying  being here together as we explore this...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

A room with a view

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This is the view from our room this morning as day breaks over London.  It will be our first full day together so I thought it worth c...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Our time

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     This is our time. I woke up with this idea on my mind this morning. You crossed the world to see me and I have been waiting for you fo...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Already here

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     It is great to be here counting the minutes and looking forward to the time when we will be together and even travel together to a dif...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Counting the minutes

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The Lovers - Picasso, 1923 My love, it seems we are both struggling these days. There is a lot of pressure bearing down on us at the ...
Monday, February 10, 2014

A language all our own

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During our very first conversation we discovered we had many things in common, including a passion for poetry. Since then, sharing poems w...

A love letter

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My darling,     This morning, a bit by chance, I had in hands a letter written by the American physicist Richard Feynman to his wi...
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