Ci vediamo, Roma!

No words for the tangle of emotions here this morning as we pack up to head north, through the Alps, eventually to Paris again. I’ll try to sort them out on the train this afternoon.…

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Quiet House, Full Hearts….

I know, that title reeks of the sentimental, doesn’t it? But what can I say? Sentiment ‘R’ Us when we’ve just had a most successful visit with daughter, granddaughter, and son-in-love. It’s been 5 months…

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Waiting for Visitors in Bordeaux

Realizing how completely unlikely it is that I will post while my visitors are here from Rome, I’d love to show you a photo or two(or, you know, 17? Some days, I just can’t stop…

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Sunday, the Guest has Gone Home

Our young house guest went home yesterday, leaving her bike at the community boat dock for me to bring home on a walk later today. Anticipating the joy of reuniting with her parents after a…

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Travel and independence and Getting On….Part 1

That screenshot, above, of the GoogleMap directions my sister and I followed this past May from our hotel on the Île St. Louis to Père Lachaise Cemetery is, itself, something of a guide to where…

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