Tolstoy was a moralist. He wrote one novel—Anna Karenina—in which infidelity ends in death, and another—War and Peace—in which his characters endure a thousand pages of political, military and romantic turmoil so as to eventually earn the reward of domestic marital bliss. In the epilogue to War and Peace we encounter his protagonist Natasha, unrecognizably transformed.
Today in France is La Rentrée: the back-to-work & school routine after the summer and a month away in August. Earlier this morning, you could’ve seen quite a beautiful fashion show on the streets: men and women super stylé in their impeccable tailleur, children hurrying with their big cartables on the way to school.
This week’s ’s 30 Images of Inspiration is overflowing with dusky lilac hydrangeas, bicycles with baskets and roses at the flower market, lacy...