The new mayor of Paris, Grégoire, celebrates his election victory by biking through the city with supporters at night, while being interviewed. Bright lights and a festive atmosphere surround the group.
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Municipal Elections: Part Deux

Fun fact! The "Écologist" mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, won reelection yesterday. He won by about 3,000 votes. That's pretty darn close, but seeing as how everyone said he was…
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Municipal Elections

Yesterday was mayoral elections here in France. The mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, was up for re-election (he was elected to his first term in 2020). His main opponent, Jean-Michel…
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A Victory for Love

I was listening to the radio today and the host was talking about how this presidential race was both a) incredibly bitter and 2) the most expensive election of all…
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Election Day

In case you just crawled out of a cave, today is election day here in the US. Or, as I like to think of it, the last day before all…
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A Quick Update

I have a longer post written about the whole childbirth business, but it's pending daddy approval. So, I'm popping in to say that we're all doing really well. Although we're…
Not Forgetting
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Not Forgetting

I would imagine that everyone over the age of 15 or so has their own 9/11 story. I'm no exception. (I would also imagine that pretty much everyone who has…