While the cycling trip I described last post was “planned” in about two minutes, five minutes before it began, halfway through the day, our most recent Cycling-Marché combo drew on a plan that was simply…
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Last post was heavy on words, giving an example of one approach to organizing our days here in Bordeaux: three scheduled activities involving other people and demanding we engage in French, morning, afternoon, and evening.…
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It’s a very dreary day here in Bordeaux this morning although the rain’s been dialed down to a sprinkle from the waterfall that pelted us awake last night with some serious percussion on the bedroom…
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First, I thank you so much for the wealth of encouraging comments left on my last post. I’m honoured and humbled, truly, to have such a thoughtful community of readers. The statistic that seems to…
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Yesterday was blessedly quiet here. A storm threatened, but never quite materialized, all day. They closed all the parks in case of wind and lightning damage, which seems rather extraordinary to us (impossible to close…
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