Dispatches from France

 We just bought a new car. At least it's new to us. The 2001 Audi A4 TDi 1.9 was Our "new" car. obtained for $2,300 ...

Whenever we visit Paulita's parents in central Florida we make a side trip to St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast. We see friends and for...

I had seen Stanley Smith on earlier morning walks around the orange groves of Avon Park, Florida. It seemed odd for him to be selling eggs i...

This woman and her child live in St. Julia de Bec, France. I don’t know their names or their story, except on Wednesday they were my trail a...

We live in Quillan, France. It's  a lovely village of about 3,400 through which the Aude River runs fast enough through downtown for com...

Europe's long history includes many examples of unconscionable inhumanity. Preserved reminders such as death camps and memorials to vict...

We spent what we in the U.S. call VE Day on Tuesday with folks in the French village of Loubillé. Here it’s Victory in France. In Paris, it ...