Sir Renaissance has roots in Auvergne. This is one of the reasons we wanted to come, so he could share them with me. (Another reason was the cheap holiday and the kids club, but more on that later). We decided to go visit the town where he spent his summers so we packed the kids in the car and drove… Read More
Archives for April 2011
On the Road Again
We are in Auvergne (pronounced « Oh-vair-nye ») at a family vacation resort. We’re going to explore the volcanos. (We had to tell the kids there would be no spewing lava and they weren’t sure whether to be disappointed or relieved). At home we’re going to miss the apple blossoms and the strawberry blossoms, the final blooms of the white tulips and… Read More
Thousand Miles
I am reading “Mao’s Last Dancer” by Li Cunxin. It was written by a man who defected from Communist China to the States as a young man, and it tells the story of how he was chosen out of poverty to represent one of the three classes of people: soldier, worker and peasant in Madame Mao’s school of dance. The… Read More
The Scarlet Letter
This past Wednesday I took my driving test for the third time. If you want to know the horrors, you can read my post « Drive Me to the Looney Bin ,» although you don’t even need to bother with the post; the title says it all. I was crispé, as they say in French (crees-pay) and it means a ball… Read More