Well, since it’s been a year since I’ve written anything, I have a lot to say!
Today I’m gonna try and change the world
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Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Adios, Goodbye 2021
I’m pretty sure I can say that I’ve never looked forward to turning the calendar page quite as much as I am this year. 2021, can we just agree to part as friends?? Like a lot of relationships, there was some good – but it’s been struggle and I need to move on. So with that, lets recap. In January,…
My COVID Diaries
Well, 2020 was off to a great start! Paul’s quadricep tendon was healing after his Christmas surgery (in spite, as his doctor noted, of him ignoring everything she told him to do) and I was in a groove both in my professional and personal life. As he was starting to feel a better – as in, generally being a little…
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…
A book I am reading began with a short passage that resonated with me: We receive and we lose, and we must try to achieve gratitude; and with that gratitude to embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses. Andre Dubus II, Broken Vessels I see Em and Chris’s move to France as their gift to…
Lessons in Refuge Living
So on my third day here, we set out on our first adventure – a two night hiking trip to one of the many remote mountain refuges. Being a newbie, I had much to learn about refuge living. I chose the Refuge de Loriaz for our adventure. Loriaz has been in its current site since the 1600’s, and the current…
Roots … and vines
So last Christmas, the Baker family enjoyed a really special Christmas all together for the first time in several years. It was my first Christmas in my new house, and my first Christmas with Gus … who REALLY likes Christmas, it turns out. After we finished opening presents, Emily announces, “We’re moving to France.” So while Mom and I were…