Hooker Eyebrows
After a long day of Bra shopping…I kid you not. I stopped off at the eyebrow place on my way back ...
From Australia To Morocco With Love
I had been in France for about 5 months when I finally received the date and time for my appointment with ...
The Adventures of Gus The Raccoon
During the Hell of 2014, I wrote a series of mini adventures about a raccoon I named Gus. It served as a ...
A (French) Car Is Born
After two inspections, another technical certification and some minor modifications to the car itself, ...
The French Connection
Not long after I arrived, one of the members of the tennis club, Dominique, asked me if I would mind ...
The Illusive Carte Grise
I was a bit of a novelty here. Giggly, unassuming, often loud and always smiling, I think in many ways ...
Tennis Club De Chartres
I didn’t learn to play tennis until I was grown. I wanted to find something that would function as ...
Le Réveillon
When I look back on my life, whether in a year or twenty, I suspect that the sheer insanity of how ...
Handel’s Messiah: Christmas in Versailles
Now that Bandit was settled in and The Hybrid was officially/unofficially on the road, it was time to ...
The Little Hybrid That Could
A few days prior to Bandit arriving, another piece of the puzzle fell into place. After eight weeks at ...
Bandit’s New Home: An American Quarter Horse In France
Bandit, understandably, got off the trailer a bit wobbly. He had endured a 4-day trip with an 8-hour ...
What I Miss About New York
I’m a proud New Yorker living in France and although I have assimilated well into the French ...
The Horse That Could Fly
By chance, I had driven past a riding competition at a barn near my Airbnb apartment when I first arrived ...
Getting Used to the Dark
After the incident with the car, I was a bit anxious in the garage. Despite Magali’s assurances ...
La Police
I disconnected the fire alarm almost the minute I moved in. The battery was dying and it was doing that ...