Montpellier life
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Fascicle 8, Livre III – 2025 La vie continue August 2025
31 July-4 August – Annecy Redux Some of you may recall that on Bonny’s and my «Tour de France» in September 2021 we paid a brief visit to this city in the Alpes just a few miles from the Swiss border and close to Mont Blanc – and one of Bonny’s favorite places in France.…
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Fascicle 6, Livre III – juin 2025 La vie conƟnue
1 May – 30 June On the first of May, a perfect spring day here, after a leisurely stroll to the Lez (where along the way I made this picture of one of the fountains around Montpellier) we shared a glass (bottom right) of Château d ’Yquem of the 1997 vintage at our favorite boîte,…
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Fascicle 3, Livre III – mars 2025 La vie continue
5 Fevrier – Pavillon Populaire – Gisèle Freund Expo “The image is easy to understand and accessible to everyone. Its particularity consists of addressing emotionality. It leaves no time for reflection andreasoning like a conversation or reading a book. It is in its immediacy that its strength and also its danger reside.”– Photography and Society,…
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Fascicle 2, Livre III – fevrier 2025 La vie continue
Janus Named after the double-faced Roman god of beginnings and endings, January is a time for both reflection andanticipation after the bruhaha of December’s holidays. Unlike what the United States experienced, our January weather was surprisingly mild here near the Mediterranean coast. But January is not just the beginning of a new year; and, consequently…
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Fascicle 1, Livre III – janvier 2025 La vie continue
Célébration des Fêtes à Montpellier Décembre ! Suddenly Christmas trees (sapins des Noël) seem to be everywhere, including the foyer of Hotel Richer de Belleval, and then bands begin marching in the streets. While there are a few days when the sky is not clear, most of the time the sky is clear, sunrise can…
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Fascicle 10, Livre II – decembre 2024 La vie continue
Just to keep everything in perspective, the above is a montage of images that NASA posted on Instagram of the JWST’s pictures of the “Sombrero” Galaxy, ngc 5494, (It gets its name from its unusually large central bulge and its perimeter of dust that gives it a profile resembling a sombrero) 30 million light years…
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Fascicle 7, Livre II – septembre 2024 La vie continue
1 Août – Adieu 55 bis Ave. Georges Clemenceau,Bonjour 123 Rue Alexandra David NeelEt la vie en N° 506 Higher Roch ! Even though moving is one of life’s vicissitudes that, along with root canals and major surgeries, one seldom looks forward to with much enthusiasm, for this one we got up before dawn, eager…
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Fascicle 6, Livre II –août 2024 La vie continue
This August edition, all about our very event-filled July, is being sent today because tomorrow and the next day, August 1, are going to be super event-filled! Tomorrow we sign our lease for 123 Rue Alexndra David Neel, No. 506 in this building called Higher Roch: July 3rd – Montpellier’s Blues Festival at Promenade du…
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Fascicle 5, Livre II – juli 2024 La vie continue
June “Busted” Out All Over (Apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein) June (on the 12th) marked the beginning of a new year for me, and all I will say about that is “keep ‘em coming!” There is nothing that we enjoy more than playing tour guides for those who come to visit us here, and this…
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Fasc. IV, Lvr. II – juin 2024 La vie continue
May Was a Marvellous Month And a merry one too! With warmer (but not too warm) days, longer hours of daylight, and more sun webegan to really enjoy spring. Clear blue skies over Place de la Comedié (below) made it delightful, while the Ligne 5 tram’s rails are starting to go in place (above) and…
La Vie de Montpellier 