Category Archives: Life musings

Paris post

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.  – Miriam Beard  I was talking to a friend in Memphis on the phone the other day … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

  I couldn’t wait for Valentine’s Day this year.  Because I actually had the perfect picture to post: a cheery, happy heart… made of skulls. This picture came from the first month I was in Paris, when a friend and … Continue reading →

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All’s well in the City of Light

Posted on October 1, 2010 by

I’ve had several emails this week from people asking about how we’re doing, in light of the terrorism scares across Paris.  Thank you for your concern, and yes, everything’s alright here. I have noticed extra guards/police posted at various monuments … Continue reading →

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And I quote

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. – Robert Louis Stevenson I was at Burke’s Books one day with two colleagues (that’s you, Bob & Kiley) when I saw the book The Happiness … Continue reading →

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Will’s musings

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

We have a special guest blogger today.  Here are some musings from the desk of Will: Having a beer and doing some blog stuff here on the back deck of Munchies.  It’s our 1st full day here and our 2nd … Continue reading →

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In the land of lasts

Posted on February 18, 2010 by

As we get closer to the date we’re leaving, we’ve started to enter the land of “lasts.”  It hit me this morning – I have a weekly tradition with my officemate Heather where every Thursday morning one of us brings … Continue reading →

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What?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

I desperately needed to clean my room today, as those of you who have seen it recently can attest.  There were just piles and piles of clothes all over the floor, some of it laundry I had done over Christmas … Continue reading →

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It’s hard out here for a kid

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

Today was a hard day.  People have been really nice about me leaving, and super supportive, but I feel really guilty, like a traitor abandoning them or something.  I guess I always felt a little resentment when people left before … Continue reading →

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I quit! (papers fly through air)

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

We had a great event at the museum last night. It was an art scavenger hunt for adults… with copious amounts of wine.  (Will was kind enough to come in and bartend.) We were apprehensive about the turnout – the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year to Me

Posted on January 4, 2010 by

New Year’s was interesting.  We had a really nice dinner at Umai with Will’s brother John, then back to our house for my first ever bottle of Veuve Clicquot. Then we went downtown to Beale for barely an hour before … Continue reading →

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