Story Time Sunday on Wednesday 10/16: Taraxacum part 7

I sleep the way I always sleep in Montpellier. Strangely. I wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed. Like I've switched universes about 10 times. I get up and eat a brioche from the neighborhood place. Drink some coffee in my little kitchen. Listen to the neighbors talking to each other … Continue reading Story Time Sunday on Wednesday 10/16: Taraxacum part 7

Story Time Sunday: 10/05 –taraxacum: the story so far…..and a new chunk, Part 6

Taraxacum part 1 Taraxacum part 2 Taraxacum part 3 Taraxacum part 4 Taraxacum part 5 and now........ part 6 I fall asleep in the late afternoon, and wake only when the air from my tiny garret window begins to cool off the inside and the pizza oven at the place downstairs gets turned on, and … Continue reading Story Time Sunday: 10/05 –taraxacum: the story so far…..and a new chunk, Part 6

Story Time Sunday, 09/22/13. Taraxacum part 5

That’s when I trip over a piece of driftwood. Or something. It’s long and narrow and half buried. I stumble in the sand and hit my head on it.  It gives a little, but it does hurt. I put my hand to my forehead, shake my head, open my eyes. And there I am lying … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, 09/22/13. Taraxacum part 5

Story Time Sunday on Monday, September 16th 2013, Taraxacum, part 4

Interesting, I think. I didn’t know there were Ninjas in 17th Century France. “Qui êtes- vous?” I say. It’s a kind of basic question I’ve asked before, but as I’m seeing, it’s generally a question worth asking. “Je m’appelle Christine,” says a voice in halting French. So, this is the other Christine, I think. The … Continue reading Story Time Sunday on Monday, September 16th 2013, Taraxacum, part 4

story time sunday, August 25th 2013 — taraxacum, Part 1

Taraxacum I am walking in the Jardin des Plantes because Joseph said it was a good thing to do and it's free and it's Sunday, and nothing else is open, so we walk a long way it seems from the historical center of the city towards the university. Joseph is a strange hairless boy with … Continue reading story time sunday, August 25th 2013 — taraxacum, Part 1