Posts Tagged friends

Birthday and beyond

Sep 28th, 2009 Posted in France, General, News | 4 comments »
studioview

Well, no email, nothing happening on the web, everybody either asleep or gone off to work… Maybe it’s time for another blog post?
I’m writing this from the Perche, at 6:30 or so in the morning. Huh? you may ask. Don’t, it’s boring. Just insomnia, thinking about all of the o-so-icky administrative stuff I have to [...]

See you in September

Jun 6th, 2009 Posted in France, General, News, Personal | 7 comments »
Perche

Last day in Paris – or in France, I should say, as I’m out in the Perche.
It’s strange, but since I’ve been back I haven’t felt much of a need to post to the blog. There are several reasons for this… one of them is that I’ve been too busy running around to actually do [...]

Home again

May 12th, 2009 Posted in France, General, News | 5 comments »
garden

The problem with feeling cold is that the body and mind enter into a kind of protective hibernation. No, by many people’s standards, it’s not THAT cold here, but by MY standards, it’s glacial. And the weather experts don’t sound optimistic that things will improve. Friends in Paris tell me I’m a wuss and should [...]

Moving on soon

Apr 8th, 2009 Posted in General, News, Personal, Vietnam | 2 comments »

A quiet evening in the FV Hospital. The hallways are silent in the almost-empty surgical ward. My dinner tray has been cleared away. The sun has gone down outside my window. The television is, as always, on.
I have just shed a tear as the last woman groomer was eliminated from “Groomer Has It” on [...]