Posts filed under ‘Neither Here nor There…’
The Women’s March: A Rare (and Wonderful!) Display of Unity Around the World
…I want to say how grateful I am to the many French women, Frenchmen (and other men), and children who joined us in marching through the streets of Paris to express our solidarity
with those who have already felt slighted, threatened, or otherwise badly treated by the new president of the United States…
Interview with Siffy and Tor Torkildson, editors of “The Walkabout Chronicles”
“The Walkabout Chronicles: Epic Journeys By Foot” is an illustrated collection of 35 essays about walking. The writers include scientists and archeologists, artists, explorers, and “ordinary people who do extraordinary things…”
Storing Up Wood for the Winter–in Champagne
The first problem was that I knew basically none of the things one would need to know in order to get wood for the winter. Here is an almost verbatim transcript of the first conversation I had with a friend who was trying to help me figure it out…
And then they were gone…
Les gens de voyage came here to pick grapes during the harvest…and then they were gone again…
Continue Reading September 27, 2016 at 1:44 pm Leave a comment
Keeping Immigration in Perspective
“Immigration is not a new story in this country. Almost all of our families came from somewhere else…”
A few quotes about love, dreams, perseverance, and joy
Here are a few of my favorite quotes. Words to pick you up, urge you on, words to live by…
Continue Reading October 13, 2011 at 12:31 pm Leave a comment
A belated, but heartfelt, thanks to my Mom
..it wasn’t until after she died and I had to learn how to live my life without her that I realized how critical my mother’s continuing existence had been to my own.
