A smattering of photos from our life here in Dordogne Valley — from our laundry rack to World School to wooded walks to a nearby Chateau. Click on any one image … and a larger gallery appears. Laundry … with reading boys in the background.
Article About Us
posted by J
A newspaper that covers public radio and public television has published something about our year away. Here is a link to Current’s blurb: http://www.current.org/2012/08/aronson-promoted-at-frontline-npr-board-elections-lapin-joins-current-and-more/ And here’s the text: Jim...
Canoeing
posted by W
Yesterday we went canoeing and kayaking down the Dordogne River! It was really fun even though it was like 100 degrees outside!!!!Here are some of the pictures we took during our trip!
Hot Air Balloon!
posted by H
Yesterday day morning during breakfast a hot air balloon came floating over the house! It was...
Outside Inside
posted by J
L’Eglise Paroissial de Beynac et Cazenac was constructed on the side of a limestone cliff in the thirteenth century to serve as a castle’s chapel. Parishioners entered through a wooden door in the transect. Turning left – east – they approached the altar. Turning right, they...
A Burden Lifting
posted by J
Within hours of arriving in southern France, I was on my hands and knees in the bathroom of our country home … cleaning up a toilet overflow. S was interpreting labels on French cleaning bottles and handing me paper towels. The boys were in a...
Synchro Stardom
posted by J
Sure, Usain Bolt is awesome. But this is awesomer … our entry in the Synchronized Sock Dancing Olympic competition:
Generosity
posted by S
As we left the Brittany region of France this morning, we said goodbye to our new friends Rebecca and David. You will find them in the dictionary under Generosity. We are grateful to have been in their company and under their roof! They graced us with an early morning serenade of a French...
Sunflower Unison
posted by J
So ALL the sunflowers in these endless fields are facing the sun. Lots of wonderful lessons to be drawn from that … especially during a quick stop during our long drive south to Dordogne. (On the iPod: Coldplay’s “Charlie...
Market Morning
posted by J
Please join us for a few minutes of sounds from a nearby village market this morning. We go from chickens for sale (E noted that baby ducks and baby chickens cost less Euros than collared shirts), to a cheese maker who named her goats, to a flower lady with an infectious laugh, to W buying a...
Cheerios and Croissa...
posted by S
I have a collection of extraordinarily wise friends. You are probably one of them. I hope someday to be able to distill wisdom myself, but for now I am content to garner it from them — and attempt to apply it to my own life. In preparation for our trip, my wise friends calmed my...
Walking through D-Da...
posted by J
We toured Omaha Beach today and, in our own way, tried to understand what happened there in June of 1944. In preparation for today’s walk, we’ve been listening to Stephen Ambrose read portions of his book “D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II.” This excerpt...
Eiffel Tower!
posted by W
Today we went to the Eiffel Tower!!!! We climbed the stairs all the way to the top!! My feet were killing me when we got to the top!! It was a pretty nice view when we got to the top! You can see it in H’s post HERE! I know I finish my sentences with top!!! alot! We...
Eiffel Tower
posted by H
Today we went to the Eiffel Tower.We took the stairs to the first floor and then to the second floor. Then we hopped on an elevator and rode to the very top. here is a picture of us at the...
Parisian Laundromat
posted by J
I can hear the bells of Notre Dame off the red velvet walls of our hotel room. There is a cello luthier down the block. Also nearby is an architect who sells cardboard chairs that can both smarten a room and hold up a grown man. Art and artistry oozes from every rue in this city. So I...