Robert

Birthday in Berlin

by Robert | Nov 18, 2024 | Deception

Gleinecke Bridge, On my 77th birthday, 27 October 2024, Patrice and I traveled from Paris to Berlin for four days. It was disappointing.We should have spent four weeks. . I had been stationed in Berlin (1971 -1974), a young (promoted to captain in 1972?)...

Our Town: Gleason; Our Town, Chevigny

by Robert | Oct 3, 2024 | Deception

with apologies to Thornton Wilder I am a local history buff, intrigued with the ghosts that had formerly walked the forest trails, roads and streets where I have walked. Old people (aged 35-55, ha ha) told stories about events along State Highway...

US election 2024

by Robert | Sep 28, 2024 | Deception, Germany

Sunday, 29 September, 2024. In France, we’re good. My office is wondrous save that I must be disciplined not to stare out onto the horse pastures. and mist-draped hills. Financial planning, luck, and US citizenship have provided security and advantage. In this...

Time of peace, Time of troubles

by Robert | Sep 16, 2024 | Croatia, Deception, Germany, Soviet Union

Мирное время, но Смутное время, какое же? [Time of peace….time of troubles] Patrice and I are living a near idyllic life in France. However, in late of this my seventh decade, I am concerned . Is much that I value in my western world is under threat or is it my...

New Yorkers

by Robert | Sep 15, 2024 | Deception, Family, Liar

They take some getting used to! How New Yorkers see the United States. If three New Yorkers enter a taxi without arguing, a bank has been robbed. Phyllis Diller, New Yorker. “Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he’s not the man she...

East Southeast France, Summer 2024

by Robert | Sep 3, 2024 | Deception

Morning Coffee, our view This summer 2024 in SSE France has been exquisite. Cloudless skies, soft breezes, flowers blooming in succession. Morning fogs descend the hills burning off by 9AM. Heavy rains in April and May burst a dam far upstream, flooding some houses...