The emigrant's destiny: The foreign country has not become home, but home has become foreign.
--Alfred Polger (d. 1955), Der Emigrant und die Heimat
Emigranten-Schicksal: Die Fremde ist nicht Heimat geworden. Aber die Heimat Fremde.
Between 2007 and 2009, I lived in Los Angeles after living in Paris for many years. My Paris blog (before and after my Los Angeles sojourn) is Rue Rude.
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Yesterday a good, beloved relative died after a long illness. I told my children at various points during the day, and all two of them could think of to say when they first heard the news was a heartfelt, "That sucks."
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In Paris, the purest virtue is the object of the filthiest slander.
–Honoré Balzac (1799-1850), in Scènes de la vie privée
À Paris, la vertu la plus pure est l'objet des plus sales calomnies.
Annual Geminids meteor shower (shooting stars!) coming this weekend, if it's not too cloudy out at night.
Effectivement. Les mots manquent et nous sommes bien démunis pour dire notre sympathie et consoler, mais de l'autre coté du globe je peux vous assurer que nous pensons à vous et à votre chagrin. Toutes mes condoléances.
Posted by: Chantal Duchemin | 07 March 2008 at 11:36
I want to express my sympathy.
But I also want to say that California just cracks me up.
Posted by: Ken | 07 March 2008 at 21:07
I'm sorry for your loss...
... And you kids seem to be getting Americanized very quickly!
Posted by: Allison | 12 March 2008 at 03:17