The French Connection is a journal of impressions and photos recorded during my year living in Provence, France, from 2012-2013.
The dislocation of language
To live in a new country, whose language is not one's own, is a dislocating experience. For long moments one becomes mute. For long moments one is regressed, scrambling like a toddler for words that are always out of reach….
read moreThe beauty of Home
Can it be only two weeks since we moved into our lovely apartment in Aix? Establishing a new life and a new routine changes the experience of time. Every day is forever and exhausting; and the sum of a week,…
read moreAt Home in Aix
Even if I had a camera ~ which now I do not, since on moving-in day it escaped the car to begin a new life with someone else in Provence ~ even the best camera (which this former, fickle one…
read moreLanded – for now
Well, SweetPea & I are happily ensconced in a spacious hotel room in the SouthSea area of Portsmouth, UK, about 25 miles from where the QM2 landed in Southampton this morning at 6:30 am. We arrived by taxi, while Ken…
read moreOur Ship Has Sailed
The goal of setting sail for France seemed so far away, even impossible, as we traveled 3,500+ miles in our CRV, packed to the rooftop, to reach the Queen Mary 2. France seemed like a dream from some other era,…
read moreHomes Away From Home
If home is where the heart is, then we've been at home in all of these 13 states we've crossed on our quest to reach the Queen Mary 2 by next Tuesday morning (August 28). Having crossed the deserts and…
read moreOn the Road
No more counting . . . We've done the impossible . . . loaded all our essentials, including SweetPea, into the CRV and headed out of SLO yesterday, the 10 Aug., to begin the cross-country trek that will bring us…
read moreOn Our Way
Edit No more counting . . . We’ve done the impossible . . . loaded all our essentials, including SweetPea, into the CRV and headed out of SLO yesterday, the 10 Aug., to begin the cross-country trek that will bring…
read moreDon’t worry – Be happy!
In 13 days we leave SLO. So what's there to worry about? Just because we're leaving our home for over a year? Just because we are driving 3,200+ miles across what is fast-becoming the great American dustbowl, with average temps…
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