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We are coming up on our 9th anniversary of leaving California for a 3-year adventure in France that has gone well past overtime. When our family made the decision to move, I left behind friends, a home, and a dream gig at the Los Angeles Times. I landed without a plan and spoke no French.
With so many amazing experiences, I started this newsletter more than 2 years ago to have a forum for sharing them and connecting with other people fascinated by a country that can be both inspiring and confounding.
No one is more surprised than me that I am now a French citizen, a tale you can read about in what has been of my most popular articles:
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