The city of Nice is celebrating the Promenade du Paillon turning 1 year old. This greenbelt or coulé verte runs through the heart of the...

Ivy loves to nurse. Especially while doing yoga. Downward facing dog is easiest. Sometimes she adds a leg lift

Eric's second book, Hemingway on a Bike , was released last week by University of Nebraska Press. It's a collection of creative nonf...

This week over 200 mothers, midwives, and other supporters marched to protest the suspension of Irish midwife Philomena Canning's indemn...

We had planned on going to the circus last weekend. Our downstairs neighbors gave us vouchers for free tickets, which they received because ...

Liberating . It's the word I come back to whenever I describe what it feels like to not have a car. Being car-free is better for the...

We've been busy this week with Eric's parents visiting. Even though they have close to 30 grandchildren, they are very young (60 and...

We had our visa appointment today at the Office Français d'Immigration et d'Intégration , or OFII (pronounced "oh-fee"). W...

It's funny how quickly you get used to your surroundings. We're in the heart of vieux Nice, living in a building dating back to the ...

The Battle Against Lice a.k.a.  How Dumpster Diving Helped Finance De-Lousing Inga We had a parents' meetings last Friday for Ing...

I'm super excited about MIT's upcoming "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon . It's a collaboration of 150 experts...

Demolition I thought moving overseas might give us a respite from big home renovations...but nope! The shower in our room has been leaking...

Life changed dramatically for us this week. Zari, Dio, and Inga all started full-time public school on Tuesday. I love the school hours (8:3...

Many evenings we go on a walk before bedtime. Today we wandered through vieux Nice to the Promenade du Paillon, stopping at the big fou...

School These first four weeks have flown by...our "vacation" is winding down and everyone is getting ready for la rentrée (first ...

I missed the last few months' updates, so I am determined not to miss this one! Ivy is so complex for such a little person. She is ...

A fun, full day... While Eric wrote in the morning, I got the kids dressed and ready, hung out my daily load of laundry and took down yest...

Around the turn of the 20th century, Danish artist C.C.A. Christensen painted scenes of early Mormon history and Book of Mormon events. I hi...