Before we came to France, one of the things I was most curious about was the eating habits of French people. I had read that French people have better health outcomes than Americans overall, despite eating crazy amounts of cheese, bread, wine, and chocolate. I wanted in on this sorcery! When it comes to food…
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The rhythms of French life, especially in a small rural village, have taken some getting used to. The first week I was here, I went out into the village on a Monday at 8:45 a.m. to try to rustle up some baked goods for breakfast. The main village bakery was closed because, as I discovered…
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A lifestyle change that has come built-in to our time in France has been more walking. For one thing, we’ve been traveling and that always means sightseeing and museums and walking around cities. I track my steps on a daily basis, and a travel day usually ends up somewhere around 20,000 steps for me, which…
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Last year at this time I was so relieved that the past year was over and there was something of a new beginning that came with the clock striking midnight. Even though I knew logically that nothing really changed with the moving of the clock, I still felt like I was running away from a…
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I recently did something that wasn’t very nice. And I did it on purpose. And I did it publicly. It was in response to something that other people did publicly that also wasn’t very nice. As the dust has settled I have owed a few people apologies, which have been given. And I am also…
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A few years ago, I decided to abandon the idea of making resolutions in favor of choosing a word of the year. I was inspired when I read that Melinda Gates makes it a tradition to choose a word each year that “encapsulates her aspirations for the year ahead.” To me, choosing a single word…
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