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September 23, 2025September 24, 2025 William Eaton

A chapter on the advantages of not traveling (Thoreau) – De ne pas voyager – las ventajas

August 4, 2025August 16, 2025 William Eaton

Paradise – Le paradis – El paraíso

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 William Eaton

People-watching, un poème tranquille, ¿budista?

April 24, 2025August 19, 2025 William Eaton

Dreams are means of wish fulfillment . . . exprime un désir caché . . . la realización de un deseo reprimido

Photo of a window getting full sun - William Eaton, Paris, 2025

April 8, 2025August 16, 2025 William Eaton

Naps in the sun – ¡Siestas! (et au soleil)

William Eaton, selfie, au Café Jacques, Musée du Quai Branly, décembre 2024 (cropped)

February 26, 2025July 15, 2025 William Eaton

24 February 2025 (tension artérielle, piano)

Got a bird wanna whistles, honey got a bird that sings - William Eaton, 2023

February 6, 2025July 12, 2025 William Eaton

Two miracles = Deux miracles = Dos milagros

Photos by William Eaton, taken in Normandy of an apparently female potato, patiently posing - August 2024

September 2, 2024July 17, 2025 William Eaton

Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux ? What’s keeping us ¿para ser felices?

dancing personality developed from a photograph of an old ceiling at the Instituto Cervantes in Paris - William Eaton, 2024

August 8, 2024October 28, 2025 William Eaton

¿Cuál es la mejor manera for me to win gold? (Et Puilboreau, mon antihéros)

Moto 4 cropped - photo by William Eaton, Paris, au bord de la Seine, 2022

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 William Eaton

L’été s’éternisait . . . Summer dragged on . . . El verano se alargaba

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Now with more than 12,000 followers, anglophones, hispanohablantes y francophones, and more every day. (And this for posts which may at times be poetry, or not poetry at all.)

The verdict of Google Bard: “Eaton is a thoughtful and insightful writer who explores a wide range of topics in his work. His blog is a must-read for anyone who is interested in contemporary literature and culture.”

The author is pleased, too, to have made a Best Essays list of Notable Essayists.

One long-time follower comments: “Beautiful writing . . . there is an electricity.” Another. “The most difficult (although rewarding) blog I know of.” A kind comment from November 2025: “I wish I could write as beautifully as you do!”

Meanwhile, this collection of poems, aphorisms, short and longer essays, stories, quotations . . . has been expanding and exploring since January 2012.

Almost all the writing, photography, drawing and painting is by William Eaton and © William Eaton. Work regularly registered with the United States Copyright Office (and with thanks to the Office’s expert staff!).

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