Dear Friends, Given yesterday’s intense circumstances, you’ll receive two messages from me today: this and my final blog from the Walk to Paris for Climate Action, including the events that Continue Reading →
Thursday, November 26, 2015 – Issy-les-Moulineaux to Paris I am shocked at how many people smoke in Paris. I see no active campaigns against smoking, although there is a campaign encouraging Continue Reading →
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – Saint-sur-l’École to Issy-les-Moulineaux It takes me over 30 minutes to travel the road along the vast expanse that is the Palace of Versailles and its grounds. Continue Reading →
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 – Thoiry to Saint-sur-l’École Today’s forecast is for cool and rainy conditions. We enjoy some different types of pathways today, including cobblestones and stairways. We pass a Continue Reading →
Monday, November 23, 2015 – Houdan to Thoiry We wake up to our coldest day yet. I am still recovering from yesterday’s bout of gastrointestinal joy. But my gut signals that Continue Reading →
Sunday, November 22, 2015 – La Chaussée-d’Ivry to Houdan In the middle of the night between fitful bouts of slumber, my stomach announced its profound discontent through frequent angry, garbled, gurgling Continue Reading →
Saturday, November 21, 2015 – La Forêt-du-Parc to La Chaussée-d’Ivry Dear Friends, I’ll call-in to my program from France this morning at 11:00 with an update on the situation here. I’d love to Continue Reading →
Friday, November 20, 2015 – Portes to La Forêt-du-Parc “Though she feels as if she’s in a play, she is anyway.” – from The Beatles “Penny Lane” I have that feeling Continue Reading →
Thursday, November 19, 2015 – Beaumont le Roger to Portes I am pensive today. I tell myself I should be thinking about terrorism and the approaching climate summit. But my Continue Reading →
Could the terrorists have decided to stage the attacks in Paris specifically because of COP21? Much terrorist activity is funded by oil money, and a significant climate change agreement could kill that cash cow. Continue Reading →