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Lockdown in Gascony

Lockdown in Gascony

  Here in France, like so many other places in the world, as of noon on Tuesday, the 17th, we are on lockdown/quarantine/shelter-in-place for at least 15 days, needing an Attestation De Déplacement Dérogatoire (a form) stating who we are, where we live, and our purpose for being out.  Luckily for me, my friend Luke decided to come here last week from Switzerland rather than going back to his home in Italy,, which was already experiencing a mass quarantine, and…

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Mom Thoughts

Mom Thoughts

Patti, Mom and Me 8:25 AM, October 8th, 1964, my mother’s birthday- her 40th, now that I do the math. I’m sitting in Mr. Dortweiler’s English class when I realize, with a shock that produces a bit of a yelp from me, I left for school without saying Happy Birthday to Mom.  The yelp, of course, disrupted his lecture on Macbeth, and Mr. D. asked for an explanation.  I guess he felt my reason was a good one because he…

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