by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 8, 2012 | Parenting
Last week we had the chance to visit the musée D’Orsay. I’ve been musing on one of our interactions with a French family ever since. A father with three children came up to us because we were obviously visitors and asked if he could speak with us for a...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s sort of strange that a family comprised of all atheists finds its way to places like Notre Dame and the Sacre Coeur Basilica. We made it to Notre Dame the first day we were in Paris. The line to get in extended out across the plaza in front of the cathedral...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 1, 2012 | Traveling
As soon as we got off the plane, we hit the tourisme office to purchase Metro passes. The lady who helped us seemed very excited that we had arrived in time for “The Sales.” This was pronounced with a capital sounding name, and, when we asked what she...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee My rating: 4 of 5 stars After I got used to the narrator’s voice and intonation (think Nixon-like growl)I found this to be a good listen. The only problem with listening to a book like this is that I had to...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 17, 2012 | Memories, Uncategorized
I had a very different father than my brothers did. I lucked out being the youngest and having my dad at home all my life, whereas the boys had a single mom for a number of years. It wasn’t fair, but life isn’t. When I was about seven, I announced,”I...
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