Our apartment is about five blocks from the magnificent Luxembourg Gardens in a corner of the 6th Arrondissement near Montparnasse. It’s a bit like bridging […] Read More
Category: Slow Lane
La gaufre saved the day. Or perhaps it was the kids and their boats on the Luxembourg Gardens pond. Or Devon’s first glance, from a […] Read More
In June 2007, just a few months before the birth of our first grandchild, Kathy and I returned from a five-month sabbatical in France. We […] Read More
As Valentine’s Day approached last year, Kathy and I window-shopped in Aix-en-Provence, admiring the variety of heart collages, shoe arrangements and other creative if sometimes […] Read More
The images from across the ocean have been painful: an office room, its floor covered with blood and papers; the arc of iron latticework at […] Read More
This article was written for and first appeared in the Christian Science Monitor SAINT-PIERRESVILLE, France — Gerard Barras scribbles as he talks. On yellow sticky […] Read More
This is the 161st time I’ve posted on this blog since we landed in France Jan. 5. It’ll be my last — for awhile. I […] Read More
It’s hard — perhaps impossible — to wrap six months overseas in a neat bow. I can’t provide you with “Five Ways to Find Friends […] Read More
Think it’s OK to bury those orange peels on the trail? Or toss out a piece of chewing gum? Chamonix mag’ has this to say […] Read More