What to do, what to do? (or, decision time)

I’ve recently had a couple of conversations with friends of friends who were directed to this blog because they’re gearing … More

Where we are not moving: La Rochelle

Let me back up a moment and say oh hey, we’re moving ! The situation in Paris with our noisy … More

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I feel like the future is simultaneously wide open and closed down. I’m not talking globally, though that’s certainly the … More

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What is left when everything has gone south? The pleasures of Paris are closed up once again, in compliance with … More

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For as much as I love thinking of myself quasi-nomadic, I sure like to talk to myself about someday settling … More

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I keep getting my socks knocked off by the hilly backcountry north of Montpellier. On a tongue-in-cheek map of France … More

I love that sense-sharpened feeling of arriving in a new place. Taking it all in, eyes wide open, as you … More

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We made it back to Mourèze, a town I’d mentioned in my last post, and you know what? I still … More

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Enamored of our driver’s licenses and motivated by a sense of the clock ticking down on our time here in … More

Woo-hoo, we’ve been sprung!* Almost the second the second confinement was lifted, we got out of town, fleeing the classic … More