Béziers, France 16 January 2025 Dear Family and Friends, My one-year anniversary was on the 10th of January, I can’t believe it’s been a...

Béziers, France 21 December 2024 Dear Family and Friends, I am back from a two week visit to Michigan, with a really quick day trip to...

Béziers, France 1 November 2024 Dear Family and Friends, I hope you are enjoying Fall!  The change of season happened quickly here. I...

Béziers, France 5 October 2024 Dear Family and Friends, First, thanks for a fabulous birthday! I know I missed the entire month of...

Bézier, France 30 August 2024 Dear Family and Friends, When last I wrote I was preparing for Feria. By and large, blizzard preparations...

Béziers, France 13 August 2024 Dear Family and Friends, I’m sure that many of you have heard me talk about Feria.  It is the festival...

Béziers, France 27 July 2024 Dear family and friends, Saturday morning and a new part of the weekly routine is meeting a horse to drop...

Béziers, France 10 July 2024 Dear Family and Friends, As I’m writing this the smell of peach crumble is wafting through the air. It feels...

Béziers, France 22 June 2024 Dear Family and Friends, I’m sorry for keeping you in suspense, I’ve been a little busy the past few weeks....

Beziers, France 1 June 2024 Dear Family and Friends, I’m very excited that I will be closing on my apartment on June 13 at 4:00 PM. June...

Beziers, France 20 May 2024 Dear Family and Friends, When I last wrote, Béziers was preparing for its Medieval Festival. I’m not a...

Beziers, France 10 May 2024 Dear Family and Friends, Since I’ve been back, I’ve lost my routine. I’ve been surprised at how difficult it...

Beziers, France 2 May 2024 Dear Family and Friends, I’ve been back just over a week and what a busy week it has been. Jet lag was a major...

Beziers, France 7 April 2024 Dear Family and Friends, The past week was busy and filled with a variety of exciting, fun, stressful,...

Beziers, France 1 April 2024, Happy Easter Monday! Dear Family and Friends, I hinted at it last week, but it is even more true this week....

Beziers, France 24 March 2024 Dear Family and Friends, This week didn’t seem to have any unifying theme.  I felt like there were a few...

Beziers, France 17 March 2024, Happy St. Patrick’s Day Dear Family and Friends, I told myself and many of you that I would not make any...

Beziers, France 11 March 2024 Dear family and friends, I’m slipping a little, it’s been another 8 days since I last wrote, but in some...

Beziers, France March 3, 2024 Dear Family and Friends, The past week got crowded with life administration. That’s not all bad, but it’s...

Bezier, France February 22, 2024 Dear family and friends, My morning French lessons didn’t go well, so I have a bit of a bad attitude...