Still in Paris. Yes, I could fly home but I am too cheap to shell out the money (300 plus Euros). I could take a taxi to the train station and hope to find a train that might be…

The strike in Paris continues leaving those in Paris to figure out transportation routes normally available on strike for the next few days. Chelsea had a meeting she had to attend, so I happily watched Gabriel with the instructions to…

  I felt it, stopped right there letting it soak through me, absorbed my surroundings, took it in gulps, thanking the high heavens for such beauty, for such a life, for my family and for knowing the gift that it…

As usual, my mom created her magic. Planned and made a lovely lunch for twenty-three of us. If only Yann and Martin had been here we would have been all together. The newest member baby Gabriel had attention galore and…