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This spud’s for you: Well-oiled museum honors history of frites
Oh, to have been born with the pedigree of Kornelius Lieuwes de Vries, one of the heroes of…
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Remembering Mom on her 94th birthday
Mom would have shrugged off any significance of her 94th birthday, which would have been today. She would…
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The contrasts of southern France in March
Southern France in March is a place of vast and impressive contrasts. Of sun-drenched valleys ribbed by endless…
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Outgunned by animalia
Two weeks into our animal husbandry assignment masquerading as a house sitting gig in the south of France,…
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The simpler milk runs of yesterday
The gentle sound of glass bottles rattling against one another was more than enough alarm clock for a…
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(Un)welcome to the UK
I knew I was in trouble with Agent #3293 at London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 the moment she turned…