st. john – Orangette https://orangette.net Thu, 24 Dec 2015 22:08:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 October 15 https://orangette.net/2011/10/october-15/ https://orangette.net/2011/10/october-15/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:08:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/october-15 Hi, friends. I’m in Paris now. I know I just typed that as though it were nothing, but what I meant was: I’M IN PARIS NOW! That sentence should always be written in all caps, with an exclamation point. I took the train down from London on Wednesday, and I’ve been staying with a friend. From where I’m sitting on the pullout sofa in her living room, I can hear a moped in the square outside and Night Moves on the stereo in the kitchen. She and her husband are sitting in there, at the counter. He’s doing a crossword puzzle, tapping his fingers in time. They’ve been good to me. I shot a whole roll of film in twenty…

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