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Confession

Posted on February 9, 2013March 19, 2017 by Clay

In order to appease the cynics who think, because of my constant salivating over France and things French, that I must be someone’s…

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Streets

Posted on February 6, 2013March 19, 2017 by Clay

The more I travel in France, the more I’m struck by one particular aspect of their cities, and how different they are in…

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Photos of the week

Posted on February 3, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

These pics didn’t fit anywhere else but I like them. There’s a man in this cloud and he was scattering seed with abandon….

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Why France?

Posted on February 3, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

The cold wind is snapping down from the Pyrenees like the end of a bullwhip. It’s very fierce and the sting is making…

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First Days in France

Posted on January 30, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

Paris was nice, but that’s wasted ink because Paris is always nice. It’s the most special of all the places in the world…

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Everyone (but me) Knows It’s windy

Posted on January 29, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

The bike, Decathlon’s cheapest model, is lovely and will serve my needs adequately, but it arrived with the front tire a little underinflated….

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Fitou be tied

Posted on January 27, 2013March 21, 2017 by Clay

There. It’s out of my system. Puns aren’t my forte and I came up with nothing beyond that phrase, but it’s the first…

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Bonjour!

Posted on January 26, 2013March 21, 2017 by Clay

Today I left Paris by train and came to a part of the world several hundred miles from anyplace I’ve ever been before….

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