Packing, eating, and a bit of music


When we moved here 2 ½ years ago we brought just a couple of boxes that we shipped over in advance, Neville supervised, but he had no idea what the future held for him. Then in March of 2022 we headed to SEA-TAC airport for our flight to Paris. So Neville, our luggage, and the…

Sidelined by a microbe in Nanterre


Last Wednesday the homeless viruses of the area decided they needed a place to hang out, and I was chosen to be their AirBnb. In spite of the efforts of the Airborne that we took I succumbed to their invasion for a few days of coughing and sniffing. Thankfully for me, they checked out yesterday,…

Nanterre, with a day trip to Paris


We are in Nanterre until 3 June when we fly to Dublin. Here is our world until early July when we go back to La Thebauderie, for another chapter change in our life. We took a day trip into Paris, pretty easy: The 258 bus stops just a few feet from our apartment, we take…

Drivers licence, Dacia, and the duvet dance


Cooking, planning, and chores can sure mess up sketching time, but at last now we are near Paris. We originally reserved this apartment as a place to stay while we sold our car – three weeks seemed like plenty of time to get it done, while allowing us to just live in a French community…

Still in Normandie, for a bit


We are enjoying our time back in La Thébaudière. We have been doing some spring sorting, going through clothes that we just never wear and then donating them to groups that will get them to people who can use them. It is quite beautiful here. You turn off of a narrow road just barely wide…