Blinded
What do you see when you see us? What do you see when you see someone? We make a narrative. Create a life. Fill in lines to a story we...
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sabrina lloyd
Jun 18, 20142 min read
Packing
So many things, moments, snapshots I want to pack in my suitcase, burrow deep in my pockets, drill into memory, which seems to become a...
sabrina lloyd
Nov 9, 20122 min read
You can’t go home again
I keep thinking of Hilary Mantel, winner of the Booker Prize, twice. The New Yorker did a wonderful article on her in which she...
sabrina lloyd
Aug 30, 20122 min read
Bits
There are quite a few things that have surprised me here in Rome. Of course I come from a bias of NY Italians and the Sopranos, but I...
sabrina lloyd
Aug 12, 20121 min read
Olympic fever
Once every four years I get to watch men and women run, swim, jump, fly. Once every four years, for two weeks, I am satiated, riveted....
sabrina lloyd
Oct 16, 20111 min read
Indignati!
It was beautiful. I don’t believe in violence. I understand rage. Before it went bad: #photography #indignati #dayofrage #rome...
sabrina lloyd
Jun 1, 20112 min read
From concrete to vines to mountains to sea
Summer is here. Storms hang in corners; windows are now perpetually open, as mosquitoes rest on my pillow waiting for me to sleep so that...
sabrina lloyd
May 30, 20111 min read
The Sabine Hills
Just a 45 minute drive from Rome, you can climb up into the sky. Below you are cherry trees, olive trees, and apple trees, that you can...
sabrina lloyd
May 13, 20112 min read
Through your eyes
We’ve had a good deal of visitors here in Rome. At first, I enjoyed being a tour guide, but after my eighth trip to the Colosseum I...
sabrina lloyd
May 12, 20112 min read
Take a deep breath
I am going to paint a picture for you. Imagine a small windowless room down a flight of stairs in a nondescript strip mall in the...
sabrina lloyd
May 4, 20111 min read
The Marocchino
This is a marocchino. It’s dark chocolate melted into a cup, then filled with lots of espresso, a little foamed milk, and topped off with...
sabrina lloyd
May 2, 20111 min read
Beatification
Yesterday, Rome filled and flooded with those who had come to see Pope John Paul II beatified. Not wanting to fight the crowds at the...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 28, 20112 min read
The Princess of Rome
One day in Uganda I was picking up our daughter from a play date and wanted to take her picture with her friends. There were two little...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 27, 20111 min read
Start them early
I was wondering today, as I drank my fourth cup of espresso and felt my heart pounding in my toes, how the Italians do it. Espresso,...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 18, 20111 min read
Chivalry
A Englishman friend of mine (Italian heritage) asked me how men behaved here, if chivalry was dead. I’d like to tell him a story: I ride...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 17, 20111 min read
Happy birthday Rome
Today, the 17th day of April, Rome had an early birthday party. Romans came out in all fashions to celebrate. It was a chance to show the...
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