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  • this is my haven….

    Here is a photo of my little home- tucked into the honey comb of the old city- on the third floor above the narrow little stone street. Sunday is the anniversary of my birth, 37 years ago, and two dear friends… Continue reading

  • how to contact Jessica!

    Ok this is a test…..if there is anyone out there besides my Mom reading this blog- I invite you to stop being shy, get off your butts and get involved- write me a note, ask me a question, tell me… Continue reading

  • doing laundry in the sub-Alps

    Yesterday afternoon I made my first visit to a Laverie.  So far, since I’ve been in France (74 days already!), I’ve done all my laundry by hand.  Thankfully there was another customer there who showed me how the system works,… Continue reading

  • Fete des Violettes

    Today is Sunday, and I am sitting at my new pine table that I set up this morning.  It is lightly perfumed with the oil that I treated it with- organic local olive oil blended with high altitude lavender (also… Continue reading

  • delivering to a medieval city

    The complications of setting up in France, hopefully, as of this morning, are over!  Two days ago, with the help of school-mates, we got the fridge home, barely, begrudgingly (sometimes people say yes and mean no).  Then yesterday, the delivery… Continue reading