Archive for November, 2025
Introducing the American Diary Project…
Janet Hulstrand is an American writer/editor who lives in France. She is the author of Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You, and A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France. You can also find her writing on Substack.
Toussaint: All Saints’ Day in France
Today I placed fresh flowers on the grave of Flying Officer Charles E. Anderson of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who is buried in the village cemetery in Essoyes.
Flying Officer Anderson gave his life in the struggle for a Free France in 1944. You can learn about his story here.
This fallen pilot’s daughter grew up without ever having the chance to know her father. But through a series of fortunate connections made by readers of this blog, earlier this year she was able to send a heartfelt message to her father–to be delivered by the cousin she also never knew until recently–to be placed on his grave.
It is a beautiful, and a loving message delivered across the miles and the years. I’m grateful to the readers of my blog who made this loving tribute possible. (And they know who they are. 🙂 )
Janet Hulstrand is an American writer/editor who lives in France.
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 