(Yesterday we climbed a pass . . . Passo di Giovo or Jauffenpasse, 2095 meters. Today we just couldn’t get motivated. Testing for stiff knees, feeling winded using the hotel stairs, we knew we wouldn’t be making the early train. Too bad, they trained up the valley we came down last year from Switzerland. Instead…
The Mystery Trip
Show up in Paris on the appointed date. Bring 2 weeks worth of clothes and bike gear. You will go cycling to — where? — no one knows until you arrive. Packing, missing the dogs in advance, wondering where we will end up, I prepare for the surprise itinerary. Photos are posted on julieyoumans.smugmug.com …
Colors of Alsace
A short slide show of amazing colors that Alsatians paint their buildings CLICK HERE
Some of the odder sights in Alsace
some explanation needed.
jumping Memphis
Bryce
Dear Bette and Ruthie
How charming of you to call. Sorry you had to get the machine, the unrecorded me was in the garden. Here’s the update: We are all still here as follows: (Well, the 12 little guys aren’t here, I’ve given them away.) It feels like nothing much has happened since you left. I lightly sprained my ankle…
the Unsafari Series
A VIDEO — twelve tiny masks inspired by african masks and animals —- (Volume warning: the sound track can be controlled by hitting the speaker icon, lower right of frame, next to “240p”.) CLICK HERE My Animoto Video.
Remembering Aunt Helen
We all came, the whole fam damily as she would have said. Here are shots from our visits at Lissy and Bill’s, our gatherings at the hotel, and the dinner after the service. Racine, Wisconsin, January 2012.