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  • 25.03.2018 • Lateral thinking

    • Palm Sunday, Domingo de Ramos. Sprigs of silver and green olive leaves in florists’ kioscos and clasped in people’s hands. Beyond the kitchen door, two-toned church bells a-calling. With Easter […]

  • 17.01.2016 • Shapeshifting

    • One statue behind me, expanded into two. I see myself in a pyramid, sacrificial maidens rising out of the stone. Intensity in their gaze, their supplication. I am an initiate […]

  • 12.04.2015 • Flowering time

    • On Wednesday in Recoleta Cemetery, I got waylaid by roses. Which is curious, as just that morning I’d been writing in my notebook about how we’re often brought up to […]

  • 24.10.2012 • The source

    • Yesterday morning, Facebook brought word that Gabrielle Roth, founder of the 5Rhythms® movement-meditation practice, had died. The 5Rhythms takes you through Flowing, Staccato, Chaos and Lyrical into Stillness, each representing […]

  • 22.03.2011 • Passage of time

    • Give or take a few days, it is a year since I launched my blog. As someone who loves to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, I felt the occasion should not […]

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    Julie-Anne Cosgrove

    About me

    I was born in Montreal in 1967, grew up in England and live between London and Buenos Aires. Like many, I came to Buenos Aires to dance tango and fell under the spell of this city where strangers talk to you, tango music seeps on to the streets and the ornate crumbling buildings speak of grander times. I love writing and crafting words – I've worked as a sub-editor for more than 20 years – and taking photographs.