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Here, There, Anywhere

Yesterday, Mark and I had “the talk”, as we are wont to do every New Year’s Eve. It’s how we … More

expat life, getting lost, Nomadic retirement, Thinky thoughts, travel

On soup and being rude

Did you know you can’t find pre-made chicken soup in France? No broth either. And it’s not terribly common to … More

expat life, Thinky thoughts

Home and Away

Newton’s first law of motion: a body at rest tends to remain at rest; a body in motion tends to … More

France expat living, getting lost, Nomadic retirement, Thinky thoughts

Right now, it’s like this

Right now is a time to be in-between places. Neither here nor there. We’re moving, but our new apartment won’t … More

getting lost, Thinky thoughts

El Palmar, the birthplace of paella

El Palmar is a small town near Valencia. It’s in the Albufera National Park and on the shore of the … More

expat life, Expectations vs reality, getting lost, Nomadic retirement, Thinky thoughts

The pro-Joan plan

We know some people who are the antithesis of who we want to be as we get older. (No, it’s … More

Thinky thoughts

New year. Now what?

We don’t make resolutions, but we do mark each big turning of the calendar with a theme or a phrase … More

aging well, Americans living in France, expat life, France expat living, Nomadic retirement, Thinky thoughts

What a long, strange trip it’s been

Here we are, back in the land of the “free”. How surreal it seems. We’ve been in the US for … More

Thinky thoughts

Optimism and the Covid narrative

I’ve been thinking about the state of the Covid narrative. Not the broader social and economic story, that will be … More

France expat living, Lockdown life, Thinky thoughts

On being unperturbed by lost luggage

This is another rescued snippet from the old Tumblr I’m clearing out. May 2017 We’ve gotten lazy, 7+ months into … More

getting lost, on having less stuff, Thinky thoughts

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