November, 2010
It’s beginning to look like (fake) Christmas
There are tons of people running around town today putting up Christmas decorations. You can kinda see the lights strung in the tree… and in the various planters around town we have real tree branches sprayed with copious amounts of fake snow! A closer look at a branch along the main shopping street in town…. [...]
My first lasts.
This time next week, I will be back on Canadian soil waiting for the last leg of my flight. Today was my first day of lasts. My first goodbyes to the little kiddies. One sweet little girl came back into my classroom on her way to recess to pout and tell me she would miss [...]
Nothing to say…
My life is consumed with two things: 1) Aviva Community Fund promotion…. social networking, press releases, emails…. can’t back down now! 2) Trying to un-settle everything I just got settled here in France in preparation to leave next week. I leave a week tomorrow… crazy. Lots and lots and lots to do between now and [...]
Obsession = food.
It’s no secret that food is a bit of an obsession in France. While there are huge supermarkets here, there are still bakers, butchers, vegetable stands, pastry chefs, and the like …. all with their little cute shops – which are everywhere. I should really count the number of bakeries in this tiny little town… [...]
What do I have in common with a donkey?
Last week, the donkey and I had lots in common. But not just any donkey – Buridan’s Donkey. I hadn’t really heard of him before last week either, and I don’t remember why I stumbled across him, but I felt an immediate kinship. I don’t pretend to have fully studied the philosophy that goes along [...]
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