Carsten Sprotte
Love in the blood
It was a warm day in May with its maddening sweet air... The diagnosis was certain: an acute case of erostitis, falling in love being its...
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Carsten Sprotte
Jan 12 min read
The Eternal and the Ephemeral
Eternity ebbs and flows sous le pont Mirabeau as the Seine says goodbye to Paris, carrying with it a thousand words of love unlocked from...
Carsten Sprotte
Oct 18, 20232 min read
Iron and Lace
So exquisitely plain to see! Have you ever been subjugated by another’s face, without really knowing why? Is it the curve of lips, the...
Carsten Sprotte
Sep 9, 20233 min read
Ode to oysters
I was born and raised in an American Christian cult that enforced strict adherence to the Levitical dietary code listing those creatures...
Carsten Sprotte
Jul 17, 20232 min read
The Geometry of Paradise
The 17th-century château embodies the quintessential French noble homestead The pristine earth offers its unique expression of beauty in...
Exquisite France
Dec 3, 20222 min read
Miracle at le Meurice
Never can you love something as dearly as when you have loved and lost it. Or almost lost it. Those of us who love Paris must remember...
Exquisite France
Sep 25, 20213 min read
Veules-les-Roses
Where waters meet, salty and sweet It's a failed space mission. Your name is Astronaut McLowsky. You have dropped from the sky,...
Carsten Sprotte
Apr 21, 20191 min read
Rise, Our Lady
As flames consumed its spire, I thought of Notre Dame as a pyre. What greater destruction could have been construed, so deeply embedded...
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