The last several I have been back in California I noted that I hadn’t seen butterflies my mother she said that she had noticed that too. As a child chasing them was a given so we’re caterpillars. I saw one…

  “I go to nature to be soothed, healed, and have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs    

It’s hot  very hot…     All the shutters are shut to keep the heat out.   We only go out if necessary. Food is necessary. Walking is unbearable, and most French people walk to the market. Without air conditioning…

a Frenchman in Seattle Obviously French a stripped shirt a beret needs a baguette, a bottle of wine, cheese. and mustard. Bastille Day,  

Thank you  xxx "Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things Keep ourselves loyal to truth and the sacred professions of friendship. It is no secret I tell you, nor am I…

This morning after nearly three weeks in bed or very close to it I felt a shift of energy and a spark that maybe this was finally the end of this lung infection. Yesterday, was the last day of two…