Table & Foraging
The Blackberry Border
A tale of two jams with improvised blackberries in Britain, & deliberate confiture in France
Keith Christiansen
Leaving the US
Sundays Without a To-Do List
Letting go of the American urge to always be doing, and learning the value of time that asks nothing from you.
Soundtrack
Le Scopitone Francais
France’s short-lived 1960s video jukebox that brought pop music to life in Technicolor
Table & Foraging
A Jar of England Summer
Country lanes and hedgerow jams in suburban London
Leaving the US
Book Boxes, Phone Ghosts, and a Queen or Two
A casual scroll through the UK phoneboxes - all pictures.
Soundtrack
Contact and the Strangeness of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, bad singing, curated rebellion, and what music taught me about France
Table & Foraging
Slow and Popular Food Options
Snail racing in 2 countries: In England, they race for sport. In France, they race for survival—and sometimes end up as dinner.
Leaving the US
Go Sit Somewhere Else
We're housesitting again, this time in the UK
culture
Already Gone
Summers in France & Les Grandes Vacances
Soundtrack
Still Learning the lingo /Awkward in Translation
French Coldwave, mispronunciations, and Franco-British cross Channel punk
culture
What France Understands About Protest That America Doesn’t
With over 3.5 million protesters in a single day and 4,000+ farmer actions in 2024 alone, France treats protest as civic duty—not spectacle. Meanwhile, 132 million Americans line up for Black Friday
Podcast
What France Understands About Protest That America Doesn’t
What France Understands About Protest That America Doesn’t0:00/2001× Summer is a quiet protest season in France, unlike the US. In France, protest is woven into everyday life—people march between errands, kids chant with sandwiches in hand, and civic action is expected. In the U.S., mass