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[ellen_kushner]

Not noticing anything - but if, as Hemingway said, Good Americans go to Paris when they die, it's possible it happened without my being aware?

Lovely day today, sleeping late & then lunch just down the street at our friend Maud (the woman whose thesis defense at the Sorbonne we raced down from Amsterdam to attend, what, 3 yrs ago? She is an art/

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[csecooney]

I hear you are feeling slightly better now? I hope Paris CURES you! And a little discount shop! And your book in French! It all sounds frabjous et magnifique! Brava! - csec

[ellen_kushner]

To my absolute astonishment, cough is slowly beginning to abate, and I am able to climb stairs without puffing. I think it's MD horsepills, not Paris - or possibly even the "gouttes aux essences" that my friend Aviva made me buy yesterday at the pharmacy (where, here, they stock all things homepathic right along with the aspirin-with-codeine etc.): containing oils of peppermint, cloves, thyme, lavender & Ceylonese Cinnamon, it's yummy in a glass of water, even if that's all!

Thank you for your good wishes, my dear. Hope all's well with you, too.

[ellen_kushner]

Hurray! Have you entered the Amazing Sweepstakes yet?
http://bordertownseries.com/blog/?p=52

[thunderpigeon]

I'm still here, but I don't think that proves anything...

Epée

[jeannelisabeth]

Just got to Paris myself on Wednesday, saw the beautiful poster for 'L'Epée: usages, mythes, symboles' at the Musée Cluny the other day, thought to myself that I must drop a line to let you know it was here while you were here - but I see you are way ahead of me on this one! I'm hoping to go this afternoon.

Will we get to see photos of your new duds? I thought I was going to splurge on a new jacket or two at Eva Tra La La while I was here - but you are so right, it's hardly the weather for it!

Re: Epée

[ellen_kushner]

Enjoy Cluny swordplay! Just get there in time to get a spot in the shade, if you go for the demo.

EveTraLaLa - probably Monday! But, yeah; the only way we're justifying buying stuff is that we needed summer things, anyway - and they're light to pack.....

Have we met in NYC? Would you know me if you saw me on the street? Stranger things have happened (esp in Paris) - say Hi if you do!

Re: Epée

[jeannelisabeth]

Saw the sword play from the shady bench against the wall of the courtyard - a lot less romantic and much more brutal than I expected, but fascinating nonetheless.

We've never met, but I grew up in New York, went to Barnard, love your books, used to organize my Sunday afternoons around Sound and Spirit - if I still lived in New York I would definitely have come to one of your readings by now, and then we surely would have met. If I see someone who looks like you, I will take the risk and say hello.

Re: Epée

[ellen_kushner]

So nice! Where do you live now?

Rapture?

[ladyjestocost]

Rapture didn't happen as I am not in Paris.