The Franco-American Flophouse has moved

Moving the Flophouse to another blogging platform has been in my thoughts for a few months now.  Readers and blogging  confrères et soeurs h...

“Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?” Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden For years I dreamt of a ...

"Chain migration is the process by which one immigrant is admitted to the country, then he or she sponsors relatives back home to come ...

Himeji, Japan My time here in Japan has one fatal flaw:  no garden.  Yes, there are gardens everywhere to admire, but there is not on...

Over the past year I have been paying attention to a national scandal here in Japan that is centered around a kindergarten here in Osaka.  (...

As I was writing the post on Turkey and dual nationality, a conversation I had here in Japan flashed through my mind but I decided to leave ...

" Dans le passé, un héritage de gloire et de regrets à partager, dans l'avenir un même programme à réaliser ; avoir souffert joui, ...