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

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 [...]
Tags: birthday, cane, crutches, Dan, friends, Guy, Paris, Pascal, Perche, studio, Sylviane
Jun 6th, 2009 Posted in France, General, News, Personal | 7 comments »

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 [...]
Tags: choirs, friends, friendship, Paris, party, Perche
May 12th, 2009 Posted in France, General, News | 5 comments »

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 [...]
Tags: Dan, David, France, friends, Michèle, Paris, Pascal, Perche, Vincent, wheelchair
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 [...]
Tags: cocoon, friends, hospital, moving on, Saigon, support