Month: September 2023

Housesitting in New Jersey: Highlights of My USA Visit

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Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, New Jersey, among the primary destinations on my current visit to this Eastern part of the United States where I was born and grew up. Buried beside my grandmother are her parents, my great-grandparents, Carrie K. Hunter, 1883-1975, and William G. Hunter, 1882-1937.

Many readers will know that I enjoy visiting cemeteries and have seen quite a few along my journey. I’ve been to two cemeteries in my current destination and each has had special meaning for me.

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Au Revoir France, Hello New Jersey!

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a window on an old village house in Evecquemont, France
Worn shutters and dead vines cover the window across the narrow street from my apartment in Evequemont, France, where I spent the past month enjoying the mild weather, quiet surroundings, and lovely people.

It’s been some time since I updated my whereabouts and doings on this site.

Yesterday I spent flying from Paris to Philadelphia, with a stop in Dublin. Today I’m in my life-long friend Maria’s home in Collingswood, N.J., USA, where I will spend a couple of weeks, then to another friend’s house when Maria fills hers with family members arriving to attend a memorial service for her late husband, Craig A. Tahamont, who died of the complications of Alzheimer’s disease in July.

Craig was among my longest and best friends, and I’m honored to be giving one of the eulogies in his memory at the service here on September 23.

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