Friday, October 02, 2015

21 Days That Shook My World

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October 2, 2015     Back from the van Gogh tour. After our Holland and Belgium hunt, we met the Ds (Dan and Darlene Harshberger) in Paris a...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

The Death of An Honest Man: Vincent van Gunfighter?

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October 1, 2015    As Wyatt Earp strode the boardwalks on Allen Street and dealt faro in the Oriental Saloon, 5,000 miles to the east, a yo...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

A Murder of Crows

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September 29, 2015    We are approaching the end of the tour. While there are plenty more paintings and locations to discuss, here is where...

The Langlois Bridge vs. The Actual Langlois Bridge

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September 29, 2015    My goal on this trip is to stand where he stood, see what he saw and feel what he felt (short of feeling the syphilit...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Unique and Odd Choices by Vincent van Gogh

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September 29, 2015    One of the profound realizations I have had on the van Gogh tour is seeing the scenes he painted in person. When you ...
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Pedal Pushers For Men, Part Deux

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September 29, 2015    I have already reported on the new trend in Europe towards the skinny-skinny-squared jeans for men with the high-wate...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

Lust For Life, Anyone?

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September 28, 2015    We took a commuter train from Paris to Auvers Sur Oise this morning and went out to the death site, in the wheat fiel...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Plot Thickens

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September 28, 2015    I've traveled from Amsterdam to Brussels, and from Paris to Arles in the south of France, looking for clues in th...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

The Mad Redhead In The Yellow House

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September 25, 2015    Vincent got off the train at Arles in February of 1888. He had left Paris, where he was living with his brother Theo ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2015

My Inky Heroes

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September 24, 2015    Some connections span the globe and defy language and culture. If you try and represent life through pen work there i...

Headphones in the 1840s

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September 24, 2015     Here's an example of early day headphones. Looks like the late 1780s. Saw this excellent painting in Le Musee Re...

HEY TEXAS!

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September 24, 2015     I've had at least 50 shoutouts from the Dutch, Belgians and now the French and every single one of them says, ...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Hey, Buffalo Grill, what did you grill, Buffalo Grill?

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September 23 2015    My research here in France is revealing tantalizing clues regarding the murder of Vincent van Gogh. Buffalo Bill creat...
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Pedal Pusher Pants for Men!?

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September 22, 2015    My son asked me about the new fashions in Paris. Well, the latest in fashion that I've noticed, now that I've...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Paris Girls Gone Wild!

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September 19, 2015     When the clouds cooperate you need to take a photo. Patriots     This is a statue in Brussels to the pat...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Pronouncing van gogh

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September 19, 2015    Well, the Brits say van Goff and the Dutch say, something like van Ghk-ough-chk. Has three syllables with a gutter st...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Small Town Boy Makes Good

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September 17, 2015    Imagine, if you can, a small town kid from Kingman, Arizona who overcomes the stigma of being an outsider from a hick...
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