Planning my cultural calendar for 2025
I'm settled in Saumur from January-on for some months, hoping to find and close on a house. But I can't just sit in one place!…
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2025-01-27
My cultural calendar in 2024
Another year with some very memorable events. I traveled to Colmar just to hear Franco Fagioli in Polifemo yet again, as last year in Amsterdam…
2025-01-27
Give a girl a break
Where I'm at House-hunting by car with Kristian (January 29-February 7) gave us an almost overwhelming amount of impressions and information to reflect upon and…
2024-02-22
Holidays 2023, End of year plan
Going to have my first Trustedhousesitters pet sit
As far as I'd planned before arriving in France I'm in Paris for 5 nights, 3 concerts, a big and thrilling indulgence. All the concerts…
2023-12-15
France it is
An update on my househunting in France, with somewhat narrowed search zones.
2023-12-07
Planning the 2023-2024 concert season
Generous birthday gifts are allowing me an early start
I have some idea of where I want to be over the next eleven months, though I don't know how my French visa application will…
2023-08-13
looking down from the roadside before heading down to the beach
Fasting, swimming, sunning
Not so fast!
I've abandoned OMAD for now because I've found that fasting, sunning and swimming do not mix in a hot environment that poses heat stroke risk!
2023-07-16
My cultural calendar in 2023
My 2023 cultural events calendar, from Amsterdam to Toulouse. Do our tastes coincide?
2023-06-12
Online House-hunting in France
Updated June 22, 2023
House-hunting online is a great challenge if you don't have reason to be in a specific location. This is where I'm looking in France, and where things stand with me.
2023-06-09
Rethinking (2023)
Could living in France be a real possibility? When I first realized it might be possible for me to live in France, it was because…
2023-02-03
2023: On my way!
I'm aboard American Airlines from Philly to CDG, Paris. On-time boarding, late departure, possible on-time arrival nonetheless as tailwinds of something like 180 mph are…
2023-01-05
End of year news
Just posting a quick note to say I've gotten maps working, so please take a look at this new item in the site menu. To…
2022-12-30