I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
March, April, and May 2025 While walking in a brick plant, on pressed red earth near Moncure, NC, I step over small rectangular pieces of brick, lying across the lot. The size, flat surface, color palette and softness of this material, I felt, would be perfect for rune casting stones, and this source in the […]
Read More Rune Brick and Red Drek – Vikings in CarolingiaAfter a fun final night in Marseille with my host and fellow traveler but on three hours of sleep, I depart this beloved Mediterranean city toward Spain with no fixed plans until Figueres on Saturday. My preferred next stop is Avignon, and a ride offer comes by my fellow couchsurfer and her fiancé. They have […]
Read More Crossing the south of France – Avignon, Nîmes, Montpellier, and the Via DomitiaAn hour or so west from Brussels by road lies Ghent, important and prosperous medieval market city and now university town with historic center. There are several places here I wanted to visit, and these would consume most of a day. Being flat land and closer to the North sea, this area has a changeable, […]
Read More Ghent/Gent, Belgium – torture and trade inspire gothic arts
arianna's creative travels 