tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25047611822461396402011-07-29T03:47:03.097+02:00reflections on life from the center (of the world)j.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03862135688206362555noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504761182246139640.post-28833239530861781002010-09-16T12:46:00.002+02:002010-09-16T12:53:51.709+02:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_khja9c2sGZU/TJH3K0PELNI/AAAAAAAAAjE/YMSA3nheldI/s1600/16092010421.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_khja9c2sGZU/TJH3K0PELNI/AAAAAAAAAjE/YMSA3nheldI/s320/16092010421.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517462783698152658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_khja9c2sGZU/TJH15hSA19I/AAAAAAAAAiw/SNF2Tw9PAEo/s1600/16092010421.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2504761182246139640-2883323953086178100?l=bread-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>j.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03862135688206362555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504761182246139640.post-71364658780062041362008-03-26T15:17:00.000+01:002008-03-27T18:58:08.203+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The four I love most will have quickly discarded any discomfiting notion they are among the five alluded to above and be ready to discover what I mean to say about bread and life and the center of the world.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span><span class="Apple-style-span">If France has a soul, it is probably a <span style="font-style: italic;">boulangerie</span>. And in every <span style="font-style: italic;">boulangerie</span> in the country, among the local specialties, the round and oblong loaves, the whites and the whole grains, the <span style="font-style: italic;">brioches</span> and the <span style="font-style: italic;">bâtards</span>, only the <span style="font-style: italic;">baguette</span> goes without saying. Among the various and sundry <span style="font-style: italic;">pains de campagne</span>, only the <span style="font-style: italic;">baguette</span> is Parisian. Which, as I promised, brings us to the center of the world. L<span style="font-style: italic;">a baguette parisienne ... </span><span style="font-style: italic;">baguette magique, baguette du chef d'orchestre, baguette à mener le monde</span>. Soul and heart.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">bread and life ... in paris. <span style="font-style: italic;">à suivre</span> ...</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style: italic;">boulangerie</span> ... bakery; <span style="font-style: italic;">baguette magique</span> ... magic wand; <span style="font-style: italic;">baguette du chef</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">d'orchestre</span> ... conductor's baton; <span style="font-style: italic;">baguette à mener le monde</span> ... a scepter to lead the world; <span style="font-style: italic;">à suivre</span> ... more to come<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2504761182246139640-7136465878006204136?l=bread-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>j.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03862135688206362555noreply@blogger.com2