Medicine

Caitlin Hannah

October 19, 2014

Writing

The french-fried,

seaweed-soaked,

sunscreened,

salted air.

Waves crashing, groups chatting. Gulls squawking over abandoned sandwich crusts, kids running recklessly, squealing, sand flying, arms and joy flung sky-high.

Beach magic.

Smile, clip my helmet back on, and keep pedaling.

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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This morning I was looking through these photos from Paris—8 years ago, a belated honeymoon—and reminiscing about that special place, that city that lives up to every stereotype in the best possible way. People really do ride down the street with baguettes in their bicycle baskets. The croissants really are that good. If you’re lucky (?), you’ll really be serenaded by an accordion on the Metro. Everyone really is cooler there. This afternoon, I sat in horror watching as Notre Dame burned. 8 years ago my husband and I wandered in, in awe of that incredible space. Candles flickered. A children’s choir sang. It gave me goosebumps. Later, we sat outside and ate tarte au citron in the sunshine and chatted via broken French and hand gestures with a couple of people. (They liked that I really, really liked the tarte au citron.) Someone once said that Paris is a magical city that somehow expands and contracts to be exactly what you need it to be. That felt so true to me. It still feels true. And I hope that tonight Paris knows the whole world’s heart is expanding to fill in the broken cracks in theirs. Paris, we love you. Paris, je t’aime. 🇳🇱💔💗 #notredame #parisjetaime #weloveyouparis

Some really good writing in this one. I learned a lot about Lee Miller, Man Ray, and the 30s art scene in Paris, which did not sound super interesting to me but turned out to be exactly that. That said, I didn’t necessarily like or feel connected with the characters and it’s hard to watch characters make mistakes and bad choices EVEN WHEN you fully get why. I don’t know. I liked it but I struggled. It was a bit slow for me. Have you read this? PS—Be careful clicking these hashtags, Man Ray was a bit of a horndog. #theageoflight #leemiller #manray

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7% done with Wanderlust, by Lauren Blakely: This is terrible. I love it. https://t.co/Z17oZ7bsD3
about a day ago
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On page 33 of 287 of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney https://t.co/VekXzAbOFG
about a day ago
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RT @sandiegozoo: Jon's-eye-view while riding a dragon. 🐲 #GOT #YouRuinedHorsesForMe https://t.co/OvlnFb4G8I
about 2 days ago

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