TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – April 8, 2025


“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso These days it seems there is a lot of dust in life, sketching and thinking of a place I would like to be brings a bit of peace, I hope it does for you as well.

This week in The Pearl – April 3, 2025


We have had a good week in spite of all the negative news going on. We often watch the late night talk show monologues on YouTube since we don’t have live news. “A spoonful of humor helps the yuck go down.” (Apologies to Julie Andrew’s.) This morning I woke up thinking about the tranquility of…

This week in Oregon


We are enjoying the rhythm of living in The Pearl. When we were still in La Thebauderie we often talked about baking bread, cooking new things, and cooking old favorites when we returned to the US. I am baking bread, the only bread we buy is a baguette; Safeway actually has a pretty good rustic…

This week – Three years ago


We are feeling a bit of nostalgia today. Three years ago, Sunday, March 13, 2022, we left for France. After a lot of planning, dreaming, and a COVID induced two year delay, we were off. There was a lot of excitement, fear, and uncertainty, but we were on the way. So today I am reflecting…