
Life in rural France with bureaucracy, baguettes, and one too many ducks. A memoir-in-progress and tales from the edge of reinvention.
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| Issues | 81 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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First, The Déchetterie (aka The Dump/The Tip)
It all began with a broken dryer in my trunk/boot. No, not metaphorical baggage, but an actual dryer and let’s just say, the fourth dryer that I’ve taken to the dump in 3 years. Still under war...
ACT I: RUSTIC CHIC
There are moments in life when you picture yourself participating in rural French traditions and imagine something cinematic.
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The first time I encountered a French national strike, I assumed something catastrophic had happened.
Trains were canceled.
Schools were closed.
Traffic lights appeared to be functioning on faith alone.
Smoke was rising somewhere in...
French fashion has never really been about clothes.
It has always been about structure.
Not beauty. Not trend. Structure.
The corset. The silhouette. The waist snapped in half. The heel that changes your spine and, with it, your postur...
I watched The Devil Wears Prada 2 recently, which confirmed something I’ve suspected for a while.
Miranda Priestly would not survive in rural France.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I’m a Seattle native turned rural France resident, living in a 1647 stone house. I write about reinvention, everyday absurdities, and cultural chaos. Still not fluent but well-fed.
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