Whited sepulchres and other reasons to visit Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

(Matthew 23:27 King James Version) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. During 9-11, I was working at the Center for Victims of Torture.  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had been started … More Whited sepulchres and other reasons to visit Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Road trip to Medieval France: Following the trail of the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Prologue: I am an avowed Francophile.  All told, I have spent about nine months in various regions: in 1965, 1993, 2005, 2006, and 2015.  French is the only second language I can speak conversationally.  We have hosted four French foreign exchange students and my daughter spent five weeks living with a family in Aix en … More Road trip to Medieval France: Following the trail of the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade