Reflecting back on the last few weeks of slow meanderings, a few slight and spontaneous changes come to mind. Like the change from prevalence of heron to flurry of hawk, from metallic industrial music to wind in wild grass time, from long bike paths rolling through burgundy wine valleys to wandering in a kilometre of [...]
Archive for May, 2009
a few subtleties…
Posted in 2009 season on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mâcon to Lyon
Posted in 2009 season on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So now we are in Lyon. We arrived on the 21st after covering 147 km and 4 locks in two days (almost up to the speed of cyclists…) cruising down the river Saone from Chalon-sur-Saone to Macon and then here to Lyon. Macon was a very pleasant stop where we were greeted by a beautiful [...]
vines on the hill
Posted in 2009 season on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just arrived in Santenay which is situated in the heart of the southern Burgundy wine region, between Cote de Beaune and Cote Chalonnaise. Beautiful country side and exceptional(ly tasty) views from the canal and bicycle path that follows this whole stretch of canal. 24 locks and 28 km of canal in 8 hours, that’s 3.5 [...]
Hellem Siphon Coffee Maker
Posted in food & drink on May 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
glass-action & reverse-geography; nutty-smooth/coffee-cupped by hellem This, like our typewriter is another one of our vide-grenier finds. We had to clean it up, sew on a new filter from cotton fabric, and fill with meth-spirits and after a few tries it was brewing excellent coffee. Thanks goes out to our coffee geek who flew in [...]
announcing the ampersand gallery
Posted in books/art, events/news on May 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s official, linquenda now hosts what is perhaps the worlds only floating small small book gallery (on less than 6 square feet of wall). The bulk of the books and the core, or vertebrae, of the ampersand gallery collection were donated by Brandy & Becky of The Regional Assembly of Text – http://assemblyoftext.com/ – In [...]
