Bonjour to all -
It’s been a while since I last wrote but I hope all of you see that as a
positive thing.
Besides the fact that I have spared you with many more ridiculously long
e-mails, it also means that things have calmed down. Keep in mind that this
comment only refers to the construction - not the [...]
This update was originally sent on July 12 - before my trip to Romania. It
seems a large glitch in Compuserve made the e-mail undeliverabled to all 48
of you. I fear they will be out of business before I finish my adventure -
so keep me posted on US news - I rarely get out of the [...]
Bonjour Mes Amis -
My first guests are arriving in an hour. I am excited and stressed to the
max. I was up at 6am to make sure that everything was clean and at least
approachable if not liveable.
I begin the day with a list:
Wash the car - inside and out. The dustbowl which is currently my yard
keeps [...]
Bonjour -
Mercredi - c’est tres bon jour! Wednesday - it is a good day! Well, at
least it started that way…
I awoke at 6am and began my morning ritual of cleaning up the flies, wasps
and UFO’s that died in the night and now litter the stone floors. I’ve
stepped on enough squishy things since I got here [...]
Bonjour -
It was great to hear back from so many of you. I’m glad I can be of
entertainment to all of you living in homes without construction dust,
little black dogs who think they live here, smoking Frenchmen who play bad
French lounge music and a yard that is beginning to look like Sanford &
Sons. Keep the [...]
Bonjour Encore!
After writing my incredibly long “Two Weeks in Provence ” how was I to know
that the greatest tragedy had yet to occur!
On Sunday morning Alexander arrived to finish the studio floor but he
looked agitated and kept talking on the phone. When I asked what was wrong
all he kept saying was:
“Merde, merde, merde!”
Bonsai was keeping [...]