Une Petite Histoire — Wandering Husbands in the ‘Hood. . .

If you’re in too much of a hurry to work through the context-setting preamble here, skip to below the photo for the salacious details. . . (okay, not too salacious, but there’s a soupçon of…

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Wednesday Illustrations, Autumn in Bordeaux

I want to offer you something today, but franchement, after this morning’s yoga class — oof! what a workout! — and given that we’re due to meet our French tutor in an hour, I can’t…

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Another Friday, Still in Bordeaux, and Five More “Things”

I’m feeling a bit impatient with myself around what’s happening on the blog lately. I’m stuck in reportorial mood, it seems to me, when part of me is itching to become a bit more analytical,…

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Oh, those Grumpies! Yes, even in Paris!

Friday morning, we woke in Paris. That should have been enough to guarantee happiness, but it was a cold grey Paris we woke to, further narrowing the options in my carry-on-only capsule wardrobe. So I…

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Lazy days,Busy days, More Bordeaux Blogging

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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