Sitting in a Park in Paris, France

reading the news and it sure looks bad

I’ve had Joni Mitchell’s ‘California’ stuck in my head for the past week, probably because, as some of you know, sitting in a parc in Paris, France is one of my favorite things to do in Paris.

The second line of the song, however, is ringing a bit too true these days, as you likely also know. What’s been notable this trip is that the American news is ev…