Diaspora unfolding

When we first moved to the French countryside, one of the things I noticed almost immediately was how visible we were, how visible i was. In a large city, it is easy to disappear into the rhythm of everyday life. People are busy, streets are crowded, and no one pays much attention to who is walking past them you become invincible. In the countryside, things are different. People notice. They notice when someone new arrives. They notice the car parked outside a house that used to be empty. They notice new children walking to school. And sometimes, they notice that the new family looks different from everyone else. You begin…