One year a go today we moved into our apartment in Avignon. Tricia has posted many times about Avignon, here is my post from our first week there – it is hard to believe all that has changed. It was a good week here in The Pearl and beyond. Though I have been an Urban…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – July 29, 2025
The most interesting pieces of art have a focal point, contrast, and depth. Then if there is a story somehow it is even better. These are all areas I have had to learn, even struggle with over the years. Trying to paint some vast landscape without at least an interesting tree or mountain as the…
This week in The Pearl – July 25,2025
This has been a busy week, such a good week. Last Friday I met up with friend Tim to chat and play a little music. Then that evening we drove to Newberg to have dinner with Alexis and Joe. They took us a to a place that we had never been. It had been a…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – July 22, 2025
Deconstructing and rearranging are a creative cooks best tricks. We watch a lot of food shows. (BTW if you have not seen the “Chef’s Table” series on Netflix you are missing out on one of the most beautifully done shows ever, so check it out.) Top chefs are masters at deconstructing and rearranging. Thankfully we…
This week in The Pearl – July 18, 2025
Last weekend, well actually Thursday and Friday, were such a treat. Our friends from Mukilteo, Shirley and Jim, came down to visit for two days. They are Francophiles as are we, they travel to France most every year. We met up with them there on two of their trips. This time together was bittersweet though….
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