Vadogrescue

We haven't traveled anywhere since the early part of July, which is contrary to what most folks do around here in the summer. But it's been rather nice being here when the city is relatively quiet and slow paced. We've had a couple of visitors, which has been nice, the last of whom just left town today. We have just a couple more weeks of calm before the storm that is the Brader...

We are just finishing up with the fifth "canicule" (heatwave) of the summer here in France. The north of France has fared better than much of the country, but this has been the hottest summer on record. It has also been very dry. I'm seeing shrubs wilted in the heat. I've also encountered numerous tree branches or even entire trees breaking off and falling, apparently from just ...

We arrived in Lille a year ago on the first of August. We didn't know then that we were in the middle of the French national vacation month. It seemed like a busy city, certainly compared to what we were used to. It wasn't until the end of August and the beginning of September that we realized how many people actually lived here. Many restaurants, bars, and stores close down for...

All is well, but I'm back home after a night in a hospital followed by an angioscopy procedure this morning. The diagnosis is that I have a somewhat larger than normal heart, which consequently works somewhat less than optimally, but no coronary heart disease. 
When we first got here Clay got us set up with a primary care physician. After taking my family history he recomme...

It's been one year since we arrived at CDG airport in Paris, with a few bags of clothing and personal items, and Bailey in her crate. We kept that airline crate and it has become Bailey's den. We got a big piece of wood to lay on the top making it into a very useful table that lives on my side of the bedroom. I've since learned that crating is not common in France, but Bailey lo...