“Paris Without a Plan” – that was the plan for todays post.

I was hoping to post for your reading pleasure today the ridiculousness of my lack of planning for the Paris stretch of our trip this winter. Remember, I started this blog with the sole purpose of tricking myself into be responsible to…myself? I wanted to be held accountable to adventures I might not do because I let other(s) agendas get in the way, or worse, fear.  I am essentially going to Europe – To PARIS, because I began this 13 Adventure journey. I’m going to Paris without speaking a lick of French.

Fear.

What the hell?  Fear seems to rule all.

And then Friday night the news rattled us. The world shook not from one terrorist attack, but from many around the globe this week, and the reality that we are none of us free from this new world order, this assault on society. This fog bank of fear.

Paris was wounded. Paris is wounded.

Paris needs love.

Nothing poetic to add here to my lack of plan in Paris, it seems silly now.  I should probably learn French, that seems like a good plan – and I’m working on it care of public library.   I should also turn off the News.  And love, I should love. We plan to continue to love each other and our neighbors and to take ourselves less seriously if possible, and to carry on heading to Paris. We are going. We will not be terrorized.

Vive La France – see you soon!