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Ireland….
Ireland is green. My friend Carrie says Ireland has over 80 shades of green. I believe it. The last time I came to Ireland it was during July. The…
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Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
A Throw Back to 2009… Since I am travelling to Ireland today I thought I would repost something 'Irish'… Scones! School holidays are happening as I type. French…
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The Grass is Greener
Guess where I am going? The back roads in Ireland, the tiny unmarked ones that weave through the countryside lined by hedges, stone…
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The First Poppies!
Renoir's poppies. Van Gogh's Irises. My friend's roses.
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Parisian Scrapbook
Found at the brocante: A 1930s scrapbook, fifty pages worth plus corresponding letters. Ticket stubs from the famous sites, menus, photos, postcards from the Arch, Pigalle, Eiffel Tower, Notre…
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What to Do in France? Can You Tell Me?
A place that has been abandoned in Paris in the Marais. Nearly everyday someone asks me about France and the brocantes or both to the tune of: Can you…
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I Wonder if he Returned
"Ma Chère", The letter begins like many others with a tender greeting. Though the force of the words that followed were like none I had ever read… Was this postcard…
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Riding the Motorcycle with Sacha
Before Sacha headed back to school, he challenged, "Let's ride up to Saint Baume tomorrow morning!" Ride, as in an Honda 600, 1990-something, a very uncomfortable motorcycle especially if…
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