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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

Head for the hills: in the foothills of the Cévennes

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

Cevennes, getting lost, Laroque, Montpellier., Mourèze, Road trip, Sauve, St Jean du Gard, Thinky thoughts

The 80/20 rule

In the absence of going places, I’m thinking about things again. The Atlantic had an article where a self-proclaimed clutter … More

France expat living, Lockdown life, on having less stuff, Thinky thoughts

On stuff and things

Way back when, I had a Tumblr, mostly for pictures of our 9 month are-we-really-going-to-do-this trip. I’d been meaning to … More

on having less stuff, Thinky thoughts

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