Yeah, I know my last few posts have ranged from frippery to enervating. I'm tired. I worked my ass off yesterday (would that it were literally so ...) and thusly am in a purely visual mode.
A few pictures and comments is all I can muster up for the moment. I have another day of yard work and outwardly trivial tasks to check off as my big day draws near. she-womanry is no easy task.
There's some stuff percolating in the old writing coffer but it just ain't there at the moment. I think a nice long walk on the beach is going to bring it all together. That's my promised reward this afternoon if I'm a good she-hero and get all my miracles accomplished.
snaps cape. flies away.
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about me.
- Non Je Ne Regrette Rien
- France
- I'm a somewhat contrary woman who, in March of 2008, decided to leave corporate life behind and pursue a dream. The resulting misadventures are documented here, as I reinvent my life in France. On a side note, I write as I speak ... lots of run-on sentences, misapplied ellipses and unexpectedly plentiful parenthetical pauses. This is unlikely to change.
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My daughter's décor boutique in Berkeley, California
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when the dog bites. when the bee stings.
- a pretty how town
- chez rigsby
- citizen of the month
- david lebovitz
- diary of amy rigby
- foreign parts
- funkalicious blogsite of my cynical cousin Nate
- l'ennui mélodieux
- margaux motin (nouvelle! mon premier link pour un blog de francais!)
- non-working monkey
- our juicy life (notre vie juteuse)
- pease pudding
- the bloggess
- utah savage
time for some international dreaming.
- absolutely the BEST European lodging guide ever - Alastair Sawday
- americans in france
- best collection of tales about France
- browse properties for sale in France: primelocation.com
- buy or sell homes abroad
- Cadogan, my favorite guide about my new region, the Dordogne and the Périgord Vert
- everything you need to know about everywhere
- french entree ~ resource link for the languedoc region
- I found my real estate agent here
- le Moulin Neuf, Robert & Stuart's calming B&B retreat in the heart of the Dordogne
- newsletters from gay Pa-ree!
- slang of the week: MOODS! (talk french like the cool kids do.)
- Summary of my tips for choosing a mover, moving your pets and getting your visa/carte de sejour (ca. 2007)
- what the hell is *je ne regrette rien*, you ask?
best of Brantôme & surrounds
- about the village of Brantôme
- Au Fil de l'Eau restaurant
- Au Fil du Temps restaurant
- la récré gourmande
- le Bistrot St. Pierre
- les freres Charbonnel
- Moulin de l'Abbaye (Michelin star restaurant)
- Roda restaurant (Champagnac-de-Belair, 5 min from Brantome)
- the affordable Hotel Alienor
- Hotel Restaurant le Jardin des Chouchoux
- Rosé et Ciboulette restaurant (a favorite; fresh dishes fait maison)
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- corporate life and the French revolution.
- whew.
- a bunch of characters.
- prévision de ces bloggers de femmes.
- 3 week send-off. or the bloggesses take Portland.
- my french connection. part deux.
- whatever.
- its the little things.
- no power tools involved.
- better than nike.
- getting ready to put up my dukes. my French dukes.
- in search of my inner happy.
- father's day.
- 4 weeks. yep yep.
- a hunk a hunk of burning love. yeah.
- courage. adventure. endurance.
- shameless promotional skullduggery.
- poetic pause.
- day 33 helpful tips.
- practicing for france. five weeks.
- happy(er) travels.
- slightly buggy.
- gather round little cupcakes.
- daring to think ahead. a little.
- 39.
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where was that...
une poésie écrite pour moi.
Air Born.
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
rencontrez mes héroïnes et héros
- Miller and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity and The Fuller Center for Housing
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a dream of equality for all
- Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Visionary for a Poverty-Free World
- Kiva, Loans that Change Lives
- Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Nobel Laureate.
- Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist
10 comments:
Hell, certainly nothing wrong with having nothing. Steal from yourself if necessary, that's what I sometimes do. Funny pictures, work, too.
Foolish to put off well-earned rest, though!
Why do today what you can put off til tomorrow, anyway?
RG-I. I who have nothing. *mind wanders* funny pics?! I was kind of shooting for that with the toilet paper roll...or at least confusion.
DJ-I have 23 days left to get it all done. minus 7 days in california. so .... sigh.
You're too busy to do it all. So, don't do it all. That's my version of procrastination or dealing with stress--it's bad for you. smoke a joint instead. if I knew how I'd do randals trick and strike this out as I'm obviously stoned, and then I write the oposite advise. come back randal.....
enjoy your last 23 days...don't stress yourself out..you'll have plenty of work to do in France.
At the risk of sounding like someone's mother or a woman who's made 10 trips to France in 20 years, you need to rest girl! I genuinely understand your desire to complete tasks and cross them off your list; leave things shipshape
upon departing; and keep busy in order to make time pass more quickly between now and D-Day.
However, you really ought to arrive in France rested, relaxed, and having pampered yourself a bit, gently disengaging, spending time with loved ones, having a good time, prior to hopping the pond and starting the reentry process into a foreign land. It's no news to you that the trans-Atlantic trip itself will be fatiguing.
I admire greatly your Johnette Henry was a steel-driving woman persona but just reading it makes me want to take a hot shower and a long nap. You are a force of nature and that will certainly help you in your French house beautiful project. I can just imagine all the fun you are going to have--hard work in French! That will be a blast!
Congratulations, Kim, on all your accomplishments in the name of moving to France. It's been an experience just reading about it all and I'll be looking forward to hearing more when you complete the transition to la belle France.
U.S.-on that smoking thing. any smuggling advice?
OJL-that's true. I just can't help myself.
LF-this is going to sound insane. But I feel like all I've been doing the last 3 months is shirking. I still haven't shed my 9-5 head. *I think there may be a blog post surfacing here...*
But thanks for your encouragement. So very appreciated.
There's nothing funny about toiletries. Ever.
Okay, that wasn't very funny. How about:
Why did Bush cross the road?
Why did Bush cross the road? To avoid people bandying about the words ‘warmonger,’ ‘religious zealot,’ ‘poodle’ which he thinks are interchangeable.
Thank you, busy yet generous one. Most helpful.
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