Recent Posts - page 36
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California, 2016, and The Art of Pilgrimage
Saturday, a month to the day after arriving in California, we left. It was a dream land where everyone: sips ridiculously expensive (albeit delicious) reds, darts about with their adorable kids and dogs in tow, and looks great in lycra… Read More ›
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Making Friends On the Road
Before we moved about, our friends (and family for that matter) were strewn across the United States. We didn’t see them frequently, and we didn’t obsess over it. Yet, on the road, we feel we are losing touch with people…. Read More ›
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An Update from the San Francisco Bay Area
Even though Pat and I have lived in rented apartments for four years, only since March have we begun moving frequently. We are still, I have come to realize, in learning mode. Our apartment in Marin County sits twenty minutes… Read More ›
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Final Thoughts of Paris
Pat and I arrived in Marin County in northern California on August 5th and have explored each day since that move. It’s time to transition past Paris, but how does one ever move beyond Paris? Stretched from the Eiffel tower… Read More ›
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The Chicken Man of Paris
Everyone in Paris had a favorite chicken man. Mine was Bouba, a Senegalese giant who worked the chicken business inside the meat market near our apartment. He was black as night and wore a matching shirt with white pinstripes. Each… Read More ›
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… More Burgundy
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Hiking Burgundy—again
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Walking Alsace
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Life in Paris ›
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Moret sur Loing
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The Roads We Take
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Of Road Trips and Blackberries and Paris
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Ode to the Postcard
March 21, 2026
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The Gold That Remains
March 8, 2026
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Farewell Pickles, and Thank You
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Our Stuff: The end
December 11, 2020
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Seven Years After
September 20, 2018
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Continued… Questions from new nomads
August 31, 2017