This Substack is about me, an American woman, her camera, and France. I am equal parts dreamer, equal parts measured. Come follow the journey as I write about living out my dream of moving to France as a photographer.
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This podcast episode of A French Lens follows Abbie and Jeff through their first few weeks living in the Loire Valley, recorded during a brutal heat wave in their un-air-conditioned stone apartment.
Permission to call France home
With over 300 châteaux scattered across the Loire Valley, where do you even start?
We love it!
"A pillar to stabilize themselves from within..."
Two cats, a plane, and a very late USDA form.
Practicing John Williams in a 12th-Century Nave
Before it becomes a story
As we move closer to single digit days before our move, life and time are moving rapidly.
We’re under two weeks out now, still packing two-thirds of a house, still working through a quarter of the people we need to see.
Episode 6 of A French Lens tackles the messy reality of packing up ten years of life into four checked bags and two carry-ons, twenty days before departure.
Abbie has two days left as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and Jeff finished up teaching earlier this month.
This past week has been a doozy.
Navigating the French Visa Process
On this podcast, we piggy-back on our last episode, making the decision to move to France.
You’ve thought it through, made the spreadsheets, half-packed the metaphorical bags.
The backstory of our move to France.
In the fall of 2025, four happenings occurred in succession that were a tipping point for me.
C'mon Man...
Forty-six days until France
