We tried to spend as much of the 2019 holidays in our festive holiday pajamas as possible.
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A list of books I chewed through in the fourth quarter of 2019, in rough chronological order.
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Sloughing off the won’t-happens gave me the opportunity to go gung-ho on a few other objectives, whether to check them off my list or to finish strong for the year.
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Experiencing a U.S. holiday in another country feels like living in an alternate universe. And I suppose I am.
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Even if I spoke fluent French, I wouldn’t have known what to ask about the salt-spa experience prior to having experienced it.
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By late October, I can look at my goals for the year and feel relatively confident that ones I haven’t touched won’t get completed.
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Arnaud rocks the 2019 Lausanne marathon. (Of course!)
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When reviving this site, I encountered entries from the series a few times. It interested me to see which items I still own—and which I still would call “loves.”
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Europe’s summer of 2019 in graffiti.
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When September arrived, I launched back into connection mode.
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A list of books I chewed through in the third quarter of 2019, in rough chronological order.
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When my site analytics show visitors arriving via search engines, I can’t help but wonder why. What do they seek that leads them to me?
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When I consider the month, I feel most satisfied with August’s progress on my 2019 goal to get back into my writing.
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When Fred came to visit Arnaud and me in Lausanne, I requested a private Kirby-sur-Seine concert.
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This July, I feel like I made some sort of progress in my French language skills.
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From inappropriate business names to line dancing along Lake Geneva, Lausanne had a bizarre week.
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A year ago tomorrow, Arnaud and I got married. (In fact, a year ago today, we had our civil ceremony.) I have noted the following surprises and adjustments.
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I went through my June 2019 photo library—and couldn’t believe how much had happened in one thirty-day period.
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