France

“Please open message inside!!”

The Gardiner High School Students were some of the last people to see Notre Dame Cathedral before it burned.

And, it wasn't a "Someone went to Paris and all I got was a T-shirt" shirt

I haven’t done a ‘Throwback Thursday’ story in a few weeks, but tonight I have one from 1984, 30 years ago this summer. It’s about our family trip to France. Well sort of France.

The New Hot 5, a New Orleans-style jazz band plays for a herd of cows in Autrans, France. What happens next left me smiling.

Tomorrow starts and adventure for my niece, Rebecca. She is leaving for a town in northeastern France to teach English to high school students for this school year. Lucky girl! The only way I could be happier for her was if she were packing me in her suitcase and taking me with her. I am so proud of her. This will be her second time living in France. She did a semester in college in Paris. The lit