On a whim, I searched to see if Lo’Jo, a band we had experienced at Globalquerque some years ago and that I fixated on, would be playing. To my delight and surprise they would be! And in an area not far from where we contemplated going – the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
The music was as beguiling and mesmerizing as I’d remembered. I spoke with the main man, songwriter, poet, musician and told him the tale of how we came to be there. I was as flustered as a teenage girl.
We stayed in the tiny town of Tétaigne nearby. Took a walk through a field.
On Sunday the 15th, before the concert, we took a hike outside of Sedan.
On Monday we stopped in Verdun to see the memorial to WWI dead. It is imposing and striking.
Several small villages in the area were completely wiped out.
We left with heavy hearts and made our way to Metz, grateful.
Shared Illusions 
Interesting! Alsace-Lorraine can be interesting. Do you know Tomi Ungerer’s picture books?
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Name was familiar, so i did a bit of research. He illustrated Where the Wild Things Are. He’s quite prolific in multiple art forms. And I see there’s a small museum in Strasbourg! Thanks, Linnea!
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not Where the Wild Things are but a bunch of others, mostly rather bizarre. He did an autobiography. Moon Man, Crictor, The Three Robbers, Zeralda’s Ogre …
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Oops. You’re right, of course. Sendak write and illustrated it. Yes, Ungerer has some unsettling images. I reckon that’s what he aimed for.
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