If you’ve been reading here for a while, you probably know that Pater and I prefer to travel carry-on only whenever possible. Our system was challenged returning from this last trip (perhaps more on that…
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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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I am not going to lie. The last few days have been rich, full, satisfying, emotionally rewarding, and, damnit, really tough. Helping our daughter pack for her trip and get through a long list of…
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Around the time my Mom died, two cousins I’d barely got to know set up a Facebook page for the extended family, published a family history going back several hundred years to our French and…
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I wrote this post four years ago, when Nola was just two but already had much to teach us about how to enjoy the joys of the season. I realize, as I wind up my…
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