ROBERT TOWNSEND
a series of life story posts
Our Town: Gleason; Our Town, Chevigny
with apologies to Thornton Wilder I am a local history buff, intrigued with the ghosts that had walked the forest trails, roads and streets where I have walked. Â In my...
US election 2024
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...
Time of troubles
We live 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...
New Yorkers
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...
East Southeast France, Summer 2024
Rock wall along river 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....
A Park for all Seasons
My hometown, Merrill, Wisconsin, on the Wisconsin River, was French trapper, trader and missionary I-90/94 in the 16th. and 17th century . The region supported transient populations of French and...
The Netherlands, 2-12 February 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avenue_at_Middelharnis The Avenue at Middelharnis is a Dutch Golden Age painting of 1689 by Meindert Hobbema. It shows a road leading to the village of Middelharnis on the island of...
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Gribovac, Plitvice Lakes, and a novel During the week 18-24 October 2023 Patrice and I visited Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes region to 1). take a one-week vacation and 2) to ‘ground...
