Category: Living in France
-
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 Dame… memories collected, glued on pages, notes to recall the…
-
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 tell me what to do in France? Since my natural…
-
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 you are the passenger (Which I know from experience to…
-
Easter Monday in France
Easter Monday in France is as big as Easter day. We had lunch which was breakfast and sat outside and soaked in the big blue sky and sun. As Chelsea and Sacha live in Paris, where there are more…
-
This Feast Day is the one that Speaks the Most to Me
The gift we give to one another is in the breaking of the bread, when our paths cross, we share of ourselves.Giving from the source of who we are, the essence of our being. Communion. Cherishing the sacred moment…
-
Why Would I Post a Photo of Myself on April’s Fool?
Why would I? Because I have to stop being a fool and start accepting photos of myself. It is foolish to be so stubborn about having my photo taken. I often find fault in the photos taken of myself. And…