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Amis en France

On our last evening in Paris, Edith and Guy LePechon, dear friends for five decades, met us at our hotel and took …

Three Days in Paris

Paris was resplendent when we first saw it in June 1967 and again in 1986 and 1994. Those broad avenues lined with …

Lyon, Then & Now

An International Piano Workshop attracted me to Lyon, France in 1994 for twelve intense days of learning new ways to teach music. …

Viviers, Tournon, Vienne

Three historic river towns and a steam train ride through the mountains enriched our weekend. Perched on a hill overlooking the Rhône, Viviers …

Avignon, France

Our Viking boat moored near the famous, truncated bridge in Avignon for two days so that we could acquaint ourselves with the …

Les Baux-de-Provence

Our afternoon excursion on September 22 was a double-header–the charming, tiny town of Les Baux-de-Provence in the Alpilles Mountains and a huge abandoned …

Arles, France

Arles is a city or “commune” in southern France whose area is seven times larger than Paris, but whose population is only …

Rhone River Cruise

Last year Steve received an invitation to join section mates of his Harvard Business School (HBS) Class of 1968 for a cruise …

Boston Harbor

Though we’ve flown over the Boston Harbor countless times during the last 50 years and taken the Duck Tour, this was our …

Rising Women

Women who were good at math had few job opportunities in 1939, when this book begins. A few lucky ones became human computers with …

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