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  • A post in the dark!

    I wake up in the morning and the sky is as dark as pitch. This picture is out my window at almost 8am. I thought Minnesota was dark in the winter nope. I go somewhere to get out of the dark of Minnesota and frankly the cold and here I am nearly at the same… Read more

  • “I have never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself.”

    I have never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A little bird will fall dead, frozen from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself. D. H. Lawrence English novelist (1885 – 1930) Silly as it seems this line came to me in the movie G. I. Jane. I watched this movie… Read more

  • Is that hope?

    The sky has been grey all day. It has been hazy, overcast, and drizzly(my word), in a bunch of words, it has been a dreadful day. So on my walk back from class I am overwhelmed with sadness and loneliness. It is so difficult to stay up and not succumb to the energy of this… Read more

  • Disappointment with a huge ‘d’

    Let’s talk about disappointment for a minute. I know all of you wanting to jump on the spiritual bandwagon trying to help me deal with disappointment, it’s God’s will blah blah blah, line up and wait your turn. I have been fighting with myself for the last 3 years. Pulling myself back from the edge… Read more

  • Lundi – La deuxieme semaine, Monday the 2nd week

    I went to the coffee meeting today curious to see what the new students would be like and I left in about 5 minutes. I don’t know what it is I am expecting but it has become quite clear to me that I am indeed waiting for something. I certainly hope I have gotten over… Read more

  • Day 7 Le week-end

    It’s Saturday here in Sancerre. No class and it is very quiet around here. A great day for introspection. Each day passes and the realization of why I am here far surpasses my desire to master French. Just as the time spent on my 10 day silent retreat went way past the need to be… Read more

  • Day 4- Le vent

    Le vent, the wind! Today there is so much wind. My class every other day is in the matin, morning, as in I had class this morning. When I woke up and looked outside, didn’t really have to because I could hear the wind whistling through my apartment, there was nothing to see, all rain,… Read more

  • Day 3

    Mornings are hard. Mornings are never hard for me but I am adjusting to being awake through my regular night time and asleep during my regular day time. Not to mention that it is just as grey here as it was in Minnesota when I left. It’s winter! So I’ll pull myself from my bed… Read more

  • Day 1

    This is the view from my place on a day they said it would rain all day, they didn’t know I was here! I have arrived. I have gone to my first class. I am sitting in my apartment in France frankly in a state of disbelief. Here’s something you might find interesting. Nobody really… Read more

  • It’s a new year!

    It’s a new year and time for a new beginning. The earth celebrated the last day of 2011 and is started on a new year. I think it best we all follow the earth’s lead. The earth moves into a new year while some of the world is deep in its winter sleep and other… Read more