Today was a good day.
While working on my paper for my regional history class, my host mom
brought me a cup of a coffee to help me in my work. She was making a coffee/dark-chocolate gateau
and had leftover coffee and thought I could use some. She was right and it was very welcome. A few hours later, I took a break to go on a
walk with my host mom and dad. We went
with the family dog, Lulu, to a nearby vineyard and walked along the paths
through the expansive fields. It was
very neat and reminded me of the spring walks that I used to take with my own
dad through the Verona State Game Area, with the massive rolling hills and the
overcast sky. Afterward, we returned
home and had a great lunch and that gateau, which was exquisite. I then proceeded to work on my paper for the
rest of the afternoon. I have only the conclusion
left do finish.
I am writing about a famous writer/political figure from the
area named Gaston Crémieux, who was a Jewish republican free-mason who was the
leader of the Marseille Commune, which was an uprising in the first days of the
Third Republic that, like the simultaneous Parisian Commune, was brutally put
down by the government. Crémieux was voluntarily
arrested and was sentenced to death by firing squad along with two others. The others were later granted reprieves, but
Thierry, head of the Republic, refused to pardon Crémieux (despite him deserving
it, in my own opinion) despite calls for it from Victor Hugo and from former
Interior Minister (and cousin) Adolphe Crémieux. Thierry wanted to make an example of
him. It was sad, and I had a hard timing
writing as I was getting closer to the part where he was executed, because I
dreaded putting the words down on the paper, feeling that I could pretend that
he was saved as long as I didn’t actually write the words. I think I’m getting too emotionally invested
in this paper…
In a happier vein, I leave for Paris in less than a
week!
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