Reposting the peace sculpture in Paris from my May 2013 post.
For Peace I, see Peace.
Paris, the Champs de Mars park. “Peace” in many languages.
A Paris collage
Paris really is beautiful, just like everyone says! Here is a collage that shows the images which have stuck the most strongly in my memory.
2013 retrospective part 2
As I said yesterday, through my daily blog I discovered or re-discovered my enjoyment of the arts. In looking back I discovered that I seek out art when I’m traveling.
New York is a gold mine for art.
Paris is amazing:
And Amsterdam is heaven for art lovers, too:
I didn’t go inside any museums in Australia. I would like to do that some day, but I didn’t need to go inside to find art there:
Tomorrow is new year’s eve in the United States and I’ll do my final post of the year about the people I’ve met through blogging and what I’ve learned from others through blogging.
2013 retrospective
Leanne Cole inspired me to use the waning days of 2013 to reflect upon the year. I want do this, particularly since this was my first year of blogging.
I do have one more award to post, but I’m going to do that on January 5, on my blogging anniversary.
I know that my blogging style has changed since I started. When I first started, I tried being edgy.
- Five Reasons Not to Take Up Skiing
- Looks sweet but bites: skiing Alpine Meadows today
- Slavery Sucks… but Machu Picchu is Breathtaking
Because I blog every day, though, the “real me” came out quickly and I settled into a pattern of… the arts, I guess. Photography, digital art, book reviews, poetry. In that order, really. Well, travel too, certainly, but I think after I get the photos up from the travels, I like to settle in and spend some time working with the images artistically.
- Ravenswood, Queensland Australia
I’ll post tomorrow about other ways that I think my interest in art came out through blogging. Then I’d like to talk a bit about the people I’ve met through blogging and what I’ve learned from others through blogging.
A Thanksgiving day poem and highlights of a foodie
Love is what it’s all about–
but food is a close second.
Nia Simone, November 28, 2013
I was asking an Australian friend if they have any holidays that are basically about food. Not really. Okay, so I have several Australian friends, many of whom I’ve met through blogging, so pipe up if you disagree! Of course, as you know, the food in Australia is amazing, so perhaps we don’t need a specific holiday centered on feasting there.
Australia is my other home, and this is becoming clear as one fellow blogger thought I was Australian. I love Australia and my Australian friends. Today is an American holiday, though, and I’m going to celebrate it by starting this celebration of food off with home-grown and home cooked foods before moving on to some of my international culinary samples.
Home grown and home-cooked:
Greenwich Village Manhattan:
Australia:
San Francisco:
Paris:
Amsterdam:
Thai food
Texas:
More Manhattan:
The Louvre, everywhere you look there’s something amazing series, 3
As we were making our way back to the front door of the Louvre, we came across this. I believe it’s the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities: Mesopotamia and this statue is called “The Broad Shoulders dedicated to the Goddess Ba’u.” I believe it is 2120 B.C. My info is a bit scarce on this, but I think this is from the time of the ruler Gudea (2144 – 2124 BC) of the state of Lagash in southern Mesopotamia. The inscriptions describe trade, rulership and religion. You can find translations of the inscriptions of Gudea here: sacred texts.
Here’s an interesting highlight from Wikipedia: The social reforms instituted during Gudea’s rulership, which included the cancellation of debts and allowing women to own family land, may have been honest reform or a return to old Lagašite custom.
Life in Paris, giveaway and 20 author questions
Today is day 2 of a promo opportunity over at Long and Short Reviews. I answered these questions: Do you have a tatoo and if so, what? How do you make a tuna sandwich? A penguin walks through the door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?
The Louvre, everywhere you look, there’s something amazing, 1
Most people enjoying the mind-boggling sculpture room will miss the boars atop the entry way:
After traversing the whole museum to find The Code of Hammurabi, we traipsed back. Came upon this room.
More in the same room:
On the entry to one of the rooms:
Paris in the spring, series 5
Nicci Carrera 