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Random wonders

November 23, 2010

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When the Country Mouse (who used to be a City Mouse) goes to visit the City Mice there are always astonishing and/or wonderful sights, particularly when the trip involves quantities of driving and not-driving-while-sitting-on-I-75. You'd think I'd have lots of photos for you, but you'd be wrong. And the ones I do have are odd. It was that sort of weekend.

Donkey-patting Philistines and notions of beauty

November 29, 2009

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Whenever I go to Detroit I like to go adventuring with my cousin Craig. I let him pick the adventure. He keeps up better. This time we visited the Detroit Institute of Arts to see the Richard Avedon retrospective. As you might guess, haute couture is not a big priority at the Writing Studio and […]

Postcards from the D: Breakfast in Lafayette Park

April 20, 2009

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As you know, Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I have been having a little vacation. We visited Rob the Firefighter and the Lady Alicia in Detroit. They live in a Mies van der Rohe-designed townhouse in Lafayette Park with my granddogs, Fred and Lucy.  It’s perfect: floor to ceiling windows perfect for squirrel watching, slate […]