Do you like math, travel, music, history…?  Language can give depth and extend
our lives in varied and unexpected ways.            Explore these photos.  

I learned to love the French passion for (lively) talk and … share their love of
the arts and family.

My father-in-law was a French baker.  Yes, I love the smell of French bread,
the flower markets… so many little things that make life enjoyable…
la joie de vivre!  (French)

I’ve always loved my family, teaching and travel.  This is all about my interests. 
I hope you enjoy these photos.
 

 

Françoise is a happy grandmother. 
Anaїs is our first grandchild.
 

My son, Xavier and daughter, Marie-Claire,
 live in Atlanta.

Anaїs is just being herself!

Dad (Joel) has a prickly mustache. “Ouch!”
 

Last year our class visited the Funk Museum
 in North Georgia.

This Cherokee talked to us about life
among his people.

Photo courtesy of Natalie Cloud,
student photographer
 

My father-in-law had a bakery in Paris.

Here, my good friend is being mobbed by
amigos.  He had fun giving autographs.
 

Students at Xochicalco MS performed
Mexican dances for us.  Gisele loved the
costumes the students made.
 

These young men are future teachers, doctors
and business leaders.  You can see
that quite easily!
 

I taught ESOL for several years. 
This is Graciela from Brazil.
 

Marie-Louise from Port-au-Prince, Haïti

Termite hill, north of Abidjan, Ivory Coast

My little guide showed me around her
parents’ fields of tropical flowers.
 

This butterfly catcher has a fascinating
collection from Madagascar and West Africa.
 

I visited this school and M. Coulibaly and
his class posed for me (near Bouaké).

When this dam on the Bandama River
opened, the available energy in
Côte d’Ivoire was doubled.
 

Every year people celebrate  the middle
ages in Cordes-sur-Ciel.

Master builders faithfully use techniques
hundreds of years old!

Joel, my son- in- law,  is mastering the
viola da gambe.  Will he play it at the
next Cordes festival?
 

A busy bee!

My wife and I love our flower garden.
 

Do you think this flower has personality?

The Taj Majal is perhaps the world's most
 inspired monument to human love.