The real Ben
ben-n.bsky.social
The real Ben
@ben-n.bsky.social
An American living in France.
Je me demande pourquoi tous les messages publiés sur ce fil proviennent de « Le Monde en Feed - non-officiel ».

Ne s'agit-il pas d'un fil général destiné à diffuser des informations et des observations sur la France ?
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A couple of photos from a visit to the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. I'd long wanted to visit having spent many years living and working around columnar basalt in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nice walk with views of the Norman bocage and a bend in the Vire River, with low-grade metamorphosed mudstone (pelite) visible in the foreground.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Creepiest store window ever.

2nd arrondisement, Lyon France.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Tracteur pour la conchyliculture à marée basse
Agon-Coutainville, Manche, Normandie.
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
When I read people complaining ad nauseam about daylight savings time, I have to wonder -- have they never travelled? Moved to another place to live?

One hour has you whining?

I currently live in a time zone 9 hours from that in which I lived previously. It's not that hard.

One hour?
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Things had been going pretty well until those bastards threw that ring into the volcano. I guess a guy's gotta find work somewhere.
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A nun on a foggy morning in Bourgogne walks past a large romanesque church dating from the 12th century.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
View of the ground floor of the Granville, Normandie, France indoor market showing the colors of autumn; taken looking down from the first floor.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My favorite spooky photo for Halloween, even though I took it in the early Spring.

Taken on an after-dinner walk in Monticchiello, Pienza, Italy.
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In Isigny-sur-Mer to pick up some produce at the Saturday market today. Drove over to the WWII German cemetery near La Cambe, west of Isigny. It was peaceful.

A total of 21,000 dead, with unidentified bodies buried in the tumulus. This is a reminder of where fascism ultimately leads.

No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Falaise d'Aval on a cloudy day, showing the needle, arch, and cave. Looking WSW from les Jardins d'Étretat
October 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Beautiful day on the Cotentin Peninsula coastline near Barneville-Carteret, France.

Sentier Littoral (littoral trail). A couple walks along a deserted beach as the sea recedes toward low tide.
October 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A recent visit to the ruins of Hambye Abbaye, Normandie.
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bauxite sample on display, Les Baux, France.
September 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Un escalier, Paris.
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The lavender is well in bloom today.
June 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So, it's nighttime in France and we had a nice sunset tonight. I thought I'd share the scene off of the terrace behind our house.
June 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Glacial cirque with needles along the ridgeline, Mont Blanc Massif, France. Probably bits of Switzerland and Italy in the shot as well.
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Drove over toward the coast of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandie today.

Found out there are some pretty smart people there.
December 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM