ROBERT TOWNSEND
a series of life story posts
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
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...
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...
The Robert Olen Butler with Clara Herrera Visit Semur-en-Auxios
Bernard Loiseau restaurant, Saulieu, France and Clara Robert Olen, long-time buddy, and his wife, Clara Herrera, visited Patrice and me in France ( 15-22 August 2023). They first spent a...
