Lily Haight

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  • Treasure Hunting

    I’ve been reading the book Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis. I have also been going to the beach almost every day. So I decided to try and chronicle some of my beach trips in a Davis-like style. Beach Day 1: To whoever keeps throwing glass bottles into the ocean: Do you break them first… Read more

  • Writing & Saying Goodbye

    Writing & Saying Goodbye

    Writing this a bit late because the last week in Paris was of the whirlwind variety and I have not recovered until now. (Also a winning combination of jet-lag and my cat have been waking me up at 5 am every morning. What did I do to deserve this?) View from the top of the… Read more

  • Future Creators Are Here in Paris

    Future Creators Are Here in Paris

    Right now I’m reading The Blue Flower, a historical novel by Penelope Fitzgerald which beautifully depicts the life of Novalis, the German romantic poet and philosopher. In the story, young Novalis spends a lot of time thinking (as romantic philosophers tend to do) about small things in big ways (“Gentlemen! Look at the washbasket! Let… Read more

  • Water Lily

    A crazy dream of mine is to one day be rich enough that I can rent out the entire Musée de l’Orangerie to myself and then just lie down in the oval room that contains Monet’s Water Lilies in complete solitude. If you’re dying of the summer heat like I am, my advice to you… Read more

  • Paris Encore

    Nestled in the cobblestones in front of the Notre Dame is a small medallion which marks Point Zero, the very center of Paris. There is a legend that if you stand on that small medallion, you are sure to return to Paris someday. The legend must be true because just over a year later, I… Read more

  • Perpetual Helmet Hair

    I finally got my motorcycle license so it’s safe to say that I’m going to have helmet hair all summer. Chumstick Mountain (which comes from the Chinook language and means “painted tree”). Great smells I encountered on my motorcycle ride today: Ocean wind mixed with madrona tree. Freshly tilled soil. Sea salt. Meadow covered w/… Read more