Six weeks into my recuperation from an Achilles rupture, I’m able to hobble a bit on the foot with the help of two crutches. I’m […] Read More
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I conceived this blog in late 2013. We were headed to the South of France on sabbatical. I was working with a colleague on a […] Read More
We began calling him Thumper as his legs got worse this spring. Murphy, then not quite 12, would thwap his tail on the wooden floor […] Read More
In a way, we didn’t find the town of Dinard. It found us. I’d spent hours in November looking through HomeAway apartments in Brittany, a […] Read More
DINARD, France — It took me four tries and 15 minutes to log onto the Wifi in our stately, spacious apartment in this Brittany beach […] Read More
CHAMONIX, France — Let’s be honest: Most trips come with some bumps. This one started inauspiciously on July 21 when a broken luggage-loading conveyor belt […] Read More
Some cities just get a bad rap; none more than Baltimore. No question the city has struggled with corrupt politics, drugs and violence. But that’s […] Read More