Tag: environment
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Vérités
I am straightening up the kitchen today, when I find this list written on a powder blue post-it note. Water plants Feed animals Paint houses Don’t break your things I’ve noticed this errant piece of paper laying around on the side table for weeks. I’ll move it to my husband’s…
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Rando affreuse
Today Bobby and I took an ugly hike. I’m not exaggerating. The Peygros-Grasse trail was overgrown, not well-marked, foul-smelling in parts, and really ugly. We walked down an old road for well over a kilometer before we reached the trail head. As I gazed down this narrow side trail, I felt like we had gone…
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La Rentrée
The French have an expression “la rentrée”, which literally means “the return”. When people leave for vacation, people call out to them “À la rentrée!” (Until you return!). When they come back again, there are many well wishes of, “Ah ouais…bonne rentrée”. In France, most of the country goes on summer vacation during August. …
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Harmonie
I am told that there is a waterfall at the end of this trail in Vescagne. Although I am slowly picking my way through overgrowth and wiping spider webs from my sweaty face, I am determined to discover it. Faint murmurs of the waterfall appear and disappear as we twist along this riverside trail. Its…
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Ce que nous laissons derrière
We hiked in silence today. 35 degrees and gusting winds will do that to a person. Better to tuck your ruddy cheeks into your scarf, pull your hat down a bit lower on your head, and lean into the trail. Hiking in silence does more than conserve your precious heat. It also expands your senses. …
40 Weeks in France 