Joan and Mel
We made some new friends, Joan and Mel. They are from the US, got rid of all their stuff, and are traveling kind of like us. We met just in…
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3 May '15
About family, old Friends, new Friends, and our Roots
Toto, I don’t think we’re in [ fill in a place ] anymore …
Flying back to the US from Rome was uneventful and everything went smoothly. We even got some sleep in between movies and feedings. When we arrived in Florida, we still…
22 Mar '15
… Everything changes
To paraphrase Heraclitus of Ephesus, c. 535 – c. 475 BCE, The only thing that is constant is change. It was 15 years ago in spring that we began a…
1 Feb '15
A Special Visit – II
Our friends Rich and Patti drove to Montpellier from Barcelona, Spain to visit us. That meant they had a car. Originally, our plans were to possibly spend more time driving…
2 Dec '14
A Special Visit – I
Long-time friends from Florida visited us in Montpellier recently. We have known Rich and Patti for far longer than I want to calculate. At our last April Fool’s party (40th…
24 Nov '14
A Tour de Marks
Ah, North Carolina, especially the western mountains. Cool, moist and green. Though we had originally planned a big road trip that would have included even more family and friends, the…
30 Jul '14
North Carolina Evening, then …
Singing frogs rejoice in the joy of the day’s rain. Cool mountain evening. Night in the mountains, sitting in the evening air fireflies dance about. Then the next day…
25 Jul '14
Compression
Frank Lloyd Wright often employed a principle he called “compress and release”. He used it to help direct people from one area to another. One author described it as “Sometimes,…
18 Jul '14
Bratwurst, Cheese, and Our Northern Family
We traveled to Sheboygan, Wisconsin to visit Jeannie’s side of the family. Though technically they are her relatives, I have always been treated as one of the family, and in…
13 Jul '14
Family and FooBeach
Jeannie and I were in Texas to visit family when she fell and broke her wrist. We originally were to have all gotten together south of Saint Augustine in the…
5 Jul '14
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