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French Radio and More Serendipity on the road
On French radio and familiar errands
Newsletter
Table & Foraging
The Invasive Edges Where Familiar Things Grow
Foraging in France, Figs, feral margins, and the forgotten fruits of spring
Leaving the US
Sunday Stopped Being Work in Disguise
How moving to France rewired my relationship with time, rest, and the invisible labor of weekends
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An American in Paris, passport not required
The Musical Ballet That Cost a Fortune—and Invented an American Fantasy of France
french rural living
We've got a Live one here - or I'm planning to have live sessions
Help me pick the best time for weekly sessions (tell me what you’d actually show up for).
Leaving the US
How Many Cats Is Too Many Cats? And Other Lessons from Living in Borrowed Homes
Reflections on three years of house sitting, cultural mishaps, animal diplomacy, and what makes a place feel (temporarily) like home.
Soundtrack
Lost and Found and Sampled - 8 octubre 1971 by Cortex (1975)
A lost French jazz-funk gem with a second life in hip-hop
Table & Foraging
eating what you see - wild greens pistou
looking at our food differently - with a nice French pesto recipe!
Leaving the US
Changing Default Options
Adapting to a new place doesn’t always mean starting over, it sometimes means waking up to what’s changed.
Soundtrack
Starmania, The Dystopian Glam-Rock Rock Opera of France
France doesn’t do a lot of musicals, but when they do, they go big.
Table & Foraging
One day, it is not going to be like this
nettle soup, fragility, food systems, and what comes after convenience
Leaving the US
On Bureaucracy and the Quiet Art of Belonging
why French paperwork always feels a bit personal