Montpellier life
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Fascicule 1, Livre IV – 2026 La vie continue
January — A New Year & a New Look Well, only a slightly new look … since I’m now an « apple-holic français » I’ve switched from Window’s Calibri font to Apple’s Aptos ; and will be using guillemets — these « birds » (guillemots are auk-like shorebirds) instead of inverted commas — « why…
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Fascicle 12, Livre III – 2025 La vie continue
2025 Decembre – Nous vous souhaitons un joyeux Noël,des joyeuses fêtes, et nos meilleurs vœux pour 2026 ! The holidays are a magic @me in Montpellier. Above : Place de la Comédie, below : Le Marché de Noël in Peyrou. 2025 has been quite a journey Top Image: (clockwise from upper left) Marseille, Paris, Arles,…
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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…
La Vie de Montpellier 