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The Moment After She Left On the platform she waited for the train that was coming. Her demeanor was calm. Inside was a whirlwind. Would it work, this plan she dreamed of last night? Would they come? Could they hear? Would it fly? The unknown was always a gamble. She took a deep breath as the air pressure changed. It was time and her train was approaching. It would be her last ride on this route she had known. Her last wait at this particular station. She'd miss it in ways, with it all so familiar... But her heart wouldn't let her sit still. The train glides up to the platform. She smiles. Steps onto the ride of her life. As the train disappears, the station grows quiet. Less oxygen now. Her light has moved on. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Louis XIV at the Louvre Louis XIV (1638-1715) ruled France for 72 years. He was the Sun King. That's the longest reign of any French or other European monarch in history, I'm told. During which time he extended the reach de France into the Americas, Africa and India. Busy guy. About this statue. Although he commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt it, when it was finally delivered five years after Bernini died, Louis hated it so much he was going to destroy the thing. Someone must have talked him out of it, because instead he had it sent to the far end of the garden... with his likeness removed. Picky, picky. Only in modern times was it recast and brought out for the world to see again. I didn't know Louis, but I liked his statue. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Bridge Over Seine-ityParis, France There are times, she mused, that the spoken version of one word perfectly describes the experience of another word, spelled differently. She pondered how to say that to someone. Then decided to just enjoy the sunset. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Louvre Courtyard, Midnight Paris. The Louvre. Midnight. We had the best adventure EVER that day - that will forever define our first visit to paris. It included walking 8 miles through the streets of Paris at night, experiencing the wonder of the Louvre at midnight - with the place to ourselves and magic all around, missing the last subway at 1am, consoling ourselves with wine, cheese and the most delicious chocolate ever made at 2am on the Champs Elysees. The stuff dreams are made of, baby. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Home Base Paris, France There were worse places to be undercover than in Paris - and worse places to stay than Les Jardins du Marais. A photographer with a camera and tripod made her want to start taking the side entrance to her room. She became suspicious when she overheard acronyms like "HDR", "gee plus", "f-stop" and such... followed by terms like "voice over", "motionX gps drive" and "cougar". She thought these might be code. Deep, dangerous code. She put her research team to work on finding out who this woman with the tripod and messenger bag really was. A few days later, she let it go... the focus of her scrutiny none the wiser. Seems this photographer-voice over-tourist person was just that. A photographer-voice over-tourist person. Case closed. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
One Portland, OR Every time I see this photo - with its top hat and tails and it's spray-painted "One" - my posture improves, I feel stage lights on my face, sense the audience breathing (you can't really see them when you have stage lights in your eyes). I wait for the music and... Pause... Yeah. Then I snap to and realize that my audience of today includes geese, pelicans, ducks that are blissfully unaware of this impending musical downbeat... and are just fine with that! hehheh. "One" is a number from the musical "A Chorus Line". I have no idea if this artist knew that - but trust me I do! And at one time I knew every word and step. siiiiigh. My dancing days were friggin' AWESOME!! (which explains why I'm prone to breaking into song'n dance at a moment's notice. wink) ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Pavilion Sully, The Louvre It's known as the "Clock Pavilion", for obvious reasons. And it was like a little time portal. This wing of the Louvre Sully was built between 1624 and 1654 under King Louis XIV. However, the original fortress foundation - circa the late 12th century lies below. History lives here. It lives and breathes here. As I stood there imagining the likes of Napoleon, Catherine de Medici, Louis XIV, Henry IV and others gadding about in this place - designing, building, adding onto this place, all the while plotting, planning, loving, warring, doing all that stuff called life in their world... it felt like time was folding. Becoming now... and then... at once. I kept feeling like I could almost see them... right there... out of the corner of my eye. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Louvre; Pavillion Sully The Louvre is the greatest remodel ever. It started with a moated fortress in the 12th century, on a spot known as the "Louvre" and grew and grew from there. The original hovel was torn down to build a proper monarch's residence in the 1600's... which is now known as Pavillion Sully. You can still see the original foundations in the "Medieval Louvre" department of the building you see here. I say that without proper authority - since it's something we didn't actually get to see. I was in Paris for a recording job, with very little sightseeing time. We had to choose between seeing alot of outsides of things or one or two insides of things. We opted for the former - and plan to return for the latter. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Church of Saint Ambroise On my way back from a day in the recording studio, I happened by Saint Ambroise. I hadn't seen it the day before - but was delighted to make its acquaintance this day. Situated smack in the middle of a regular old neighborhood (if any in Paris really qualify as "regular")... the church sits upon the former site of the convent of Annonciades; a female order founded in 1500 by St. Jeanne de France, daughter of King Louis XI. The pigeon was a stunt bonus. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Louis XIV at the Louvre


Louis XIV (1638-1715) ruled France for 72 years. He was the Sun King. That's the longest reign of any French or other European monarch in history, I'm told. During which time he extended the reach de France into the Americas, Africa and India. Busy guy.

About this statue. Although he commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt it, when it was finally delivered five years after Bernini died, Louis hated it so much he was going to destroy the thing. Someone must have talked him out of it, because instead he had it sent to the far end of the garden... with his likeness removed. Picky, picky.

Only in modern times was it recast and brought out for the world to see again.
I didn't know Louis, but I liked his statue.



©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Louis XIV at the Louvre Louis XIV (1638-1715) ruled France for 72 years. He was the Sun King. That's the longest reign of any French or other European monarch in history, I'm told. During which time he extended the reach de France into the Americas, Africa and India. Busy guy. About this statue. Although he commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt it, when it was finally delivered five years after Bernini died, Louis hated it so much he was going to destroy the thing. Someone must have talked him out of it, because instead he had it sent to the far end of the garden... with his likeness removed. Picky, picky. Only in modern times was it recast and brought out for the world to see again. I didn't know Louis, but I liked his statue. ©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Louis XIV at the Louvre


Louis XIV (1638-1715) ruled France for 72 years. He was the Sun King. That's the longest reign of any French or other European monarch in history, I'm told. During which time he extended the reach de France into the Americas, Africa and India. Busy guy.

About this statue. Although he commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt it, when it was finally delivered five years after Bernini died, Louis hated it so much he was going to destroy the thing. Someone must have talked him out of it, because instead he had it sent to the far end of the garden... with his likeness removed. Picky, picky.

Only in modern times was it recast and brought out for the world to see again.
I didn't know Louis, but I liked his statue.



©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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