Unpolished silver bucket with a lion head handle, holds bits and pieces of a song that wants to be sung. A man and a woman took a chance and stepped on to the dance floor… Hoping for songs of love,…

                Dear Readers, You will have to bear with me for the next two days because my vocation as a Matchmaker has my complete attention. By Monday afternoon my life will go back to cobblestones,…

              Love potion. A three bottle set. Crystal containers with gilded stars in protective wooden box. A few months ago I teasingly wrote that a French perfume company was creating a love potion, and I asked,…

                There is a hill in Paris where the cobble-stone streets twist and turn, and the many, steep stairways lead you up and up, to a square where artists gather to paint portraits and scenes…

Happy New Year! May the sun shine the way for you everyday of the New Year! Photo: The top of one of the corner columns of Pont Alexandre in Paris. We are in Paris! French husband, the children and I…

                The reflection in the Christmas ornament is of me with my new macro lens. French husband is standing over my shoulder smiling. He is giddy! But really I am the happier one because of…