+LIBRARIES+
>are the treasure of the earth<
>places reflecting the best of<
+CIVILIZATION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>remember when Dave Fobes and<
>Jim Bourke assembled all those<
+AKIA+
>bookshelves for my library<
+IT IS FABULOUS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>bookbags were essential to all of our<
+PILGRIMAGES+
>domestic or to the precious countries<
+FRANCE-ITALY-ENGLAND+
>yes and also<
+SPAIN-PORTUGAL-GREECE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>i made good use of these journeys,
>in several creative ways<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MATSUO BASHO+
>has been the most down to earth travel<
>writer at the grass roots level of my<
+JOYFUL READING+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>only my son Derek, Arthur Frommer and<
>a few british writers have the Organic<
>approach that Basho mastered<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEW ORLEANS+
>was important to the family history of<
>the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette<
+EXPLANING+
>why the Marquis acquired that<
+FOUCHER (GRUY)+
>plantation in 19th C new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MADAME de LAFAYETTE+
>with this novel produced a<
+FAMOUS+
>original work of romance<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MARIANNE+
>my beloved 2nd wife loves this profound<
>work exploring the human experience<
+DEEP WISDOM+
>and actually met its famed author<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TROPIC TREASURE+
>this large magnificent book covers the<
+AFRICAN CULTURE+
>so important to the West Indies milieu<
>directly linked to New Orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>owes a lot to this research<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GAUGUIN'S TAHITI+
>has been the greatest tropic cultural revelation<
>of my travel experience and i am grateful<
>that my beloved first wife marian loved<
+POLYNESIA+
>as her favorite place on planet earth<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SONGS AND DANCES+
>of Gauguin's Tahiti is a fabulous CD<
>giving us a strong feeling of this<
+TROPIC PARADISE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>it was the great french artist Gauguin<
>who made the profound painting<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+WHO ARE WE+WHERE FROM+
+WHERE DO WE GO+
>that has inspired much of this blog<
>to which i have since added<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+WHAT HAVE WE DONE+
+WHAT DID WE LEARN+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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