She arrives each morning as we are making coffee.  We ignored her for a few days, but she is persistent...sitting on the window sill, eyeing all the activity in the kitchen, watching every movement. After a couple of days of this, we relented, seeds from bread tossed out on the sill.  Last night she was … Continue reading Meet “Lovey” the Mourning Dove

The polling place was across the street in the elementary school.  There is a row of posters (éfiches) mounted on metal plaques in front of the entrance to the school.  Here are photos of the posters---post Election Day.  Some of the minions in this area had a grand time decorating them according the each One's … Continue reading Along the way to the Boulangerie

Jan and I left Nice for the beautiful area of Cap Ferrat further along the Riviera yesterday.  There was so much security in Nice for the election that getting farther afield seemed like the right thing to do.  We took a bus to Beaulieu sur Mer and spent the entire day at Ville Ephrussi de … Continue reading Two Ladies in a French Jardin

They all said “security at Heathrow is a nightmare” but that had never been my experience...until Tuesday. Our flight from Phoenix arrived at London Heathrow at 1:30 PM on time. The flight to Nice did not depart until 4:15 PM. Plenty of time to get lunch, cruise the duty free shops in the big mall … Continue reading Conspiracy of Goddesses

Today is the first of two elections that take place in France.  One of the polling places is in the primary school directly below the third floor apartment where we are staying here in Nice.  We were each awakened by 7:00 AM to the sound of animated conversations in front of the street side entrance … Continue reading Sunday, April 23, Election Day

This post will hopefully be mostly photos from yesterday and today.  We spent yesterday at a cooking class with Rosa Jackson, shopping for and preparing a multicourse lunch.  Rosa took us to her favorite vendors in the huge outdoor market, pointed out unusual and unique to this part of France spices and herbs, some of … Continue reading Saturday, April 22 in Nice

It's almost 9:00 AM here, sun is shining brightly(!), lots of activity out on the street.  One of us woke up VERY early and finally woke the other at 8:30 with hot coffee in hand.  One of us is sitting at the iPad posting an update while the other is in the shower.  One of … Continue reading FIRST MORNING IN NICE

There is an oft-remembered scene from the movie The Dead Poet Society in which Robin Williams is standing on his desk in front of the boys in his class, lecturing them. He challenges them saying, “Carpe Diem”, seize the day. With the thought in mind that my life is in the fourth quarter and that … Continue reading Bonjour Nice