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Ancient stone tablet with engraved text mounted on a weathered wall.
31 Oct

Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

The Long War
Gribovac, Plitvice Lakes, and a novel During the week 18-24...
30 Oct

The Robert Olen Butler with Clara Herrera Visit Semur-en-Auxios

ROBERT TOWNSEND
Bernard Loiseau restaurant, Saulieu, France and Clara Robert Olen, long-time...
25 Dec

War in Ukraine observed from United Kingdom

Denial and Deception / The Long War
Patrice and I are spending Christmas with Michelle and Nigel...
15 Dec

Collegiale de Notre Dame

Family / ROBERT TOWNSEND
Semur-en-Auxios, France The weather in France has turned cold, between...
15 Nov

Writing in France

Publishing
My part of Burgundy(Côte-d'Or)  is a landscape of ‘manicured’ rolling...
18 Oct

The war in Ukraine as observed from Marseille

The Long War
On 6 October, I met my daughter Marci, and grandson, Joshua, ...
15 Mar

Kippenheim

Family / ROBERT TOWNSEND
 20 September (2022), Rachel Lavin (friend) and Francine Pease (sister),...
31 Dec

Bonne année

ROBERT TOWNSEND
  Happy New Year's Eve at 0700 from the Bar...
Elderly man in wheelchair talking to a woman in patterned clothing.
09 Nov

Uncle Kurt and Holocaust

Family / The Long War
  On 16-17 October, 2019.  The United States Holocaust Museum...
Family holding American flags at a patriotic event.
22 Sep

Honor Flight 2 September 2019

Family
On Labor Day week-end, 2019 I joined 200+ veterans and...

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