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Barbara Van Eeckhout

@bvaneeckhout.bsky.social

Expat, currently living in France. Retired educator.

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When They're Dead and Gone - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark A portrait of self-discovery, hunting, conservation and future of rural politics for a young woman in Wyoming.

Help @joevaneeckhout and his film team by supporting the #whentheyredeadandgonefilm on @seedandspark! Join them here: seedandspark.com/fund/when-th...

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β€œI won’t forget” ?

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Watching news today with clips from Trumps speech. I have to say, Vance and Johnson behind Trump nodding and smiling, laughing and generally looking like morons made me think I was watching SNL. Maybe it was a dress rehearsal.

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All the emotions all the time Friday evening I sat here, in my home in SouthWest France, watching Severance.

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Yesterday, every American who loves freedom and democracy and the other values for which prior generations fought and sacrificed found themselves aligned against our own president and vice president. The pro-American president in the Oval Office Friday was Zelensky.

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A Fiasco in the Oval Office The dressing down of a besieged ally might be β€˜great television.’ But it’s terrible for the United States.

A Fiasco in the Oval Office
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I have never felt so furious, embarrassed and impotent in this moment of history. The only hero
In that room was Zelensky. The rest were cowards, fools and idiots.

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A Father’s Love for his Son Takes the Stage Please give me a moment to tell you about a very moving one-man production I saw last night starring my friend Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was murdered in the Parkland school shooting seven years...

On this Valentine’s Day, I’m asking you to take a moment and think of Manny Oliver’s love for his son, Guac, who died in the Parkland school shooting.
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Chapter Four | Barbara Van Eeckhout | Substack This blog is devoted to my musings about life abroad as an expat in France, and creating Chapter Four after retirement. Expect some humor, adventure and a real discussion of navigating life as a 60 s...

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