It is rare that I do not sketch everyday, but this week has been a busy one which ate up some sketching time. Our friends from the USA are visiting us for a bit. Tim arrived on Wednesday, Lisa arrives Friday, so we were busy getting things ready, really just spring cleaning kind of stuff,…
Tag: France
La Rochelle to Home in Normandie
We reluctantly left La Rochelle, such a wonderful place, yet with Normandie as our destination and home how bad could it be. Spring is in the air, flowers are in bloom, and of course the lawn, thankfully quite small, needed mowing. But first a couple parting sketches from La Rochelle. Friday morning I went for…
Road Trip to Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Spring in the air reminds us that we are blessed to be living in a 230 year-old cottage in a beautiful country. Our little community is surrounded by pastures and hay fields which have supported farmers for at least that many years. This fence is just down the road a bit from us. I did…
I Needed a Burger, in France
Thirty six years ago this month I went on a date with the lady who would become my love, the mother of our wonderful daughter, my best friend, as well as my travel and food buddy. We have made it through the ups and downs of any relationship yet we still love to eat and…
Waiting in France
“Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.” Henri J.M. Nouwen If Nouwen is correct then France is a good place to develop your spiritual life for this culture has waiting woven into its very fiber. At times I welcome the lessons waiting teaches, other times…
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