Frenchusband came home with a twinkle in his eye; handing me a note that had the name and phone number of someone I didn’t know. "A certain Monsieur wants you to decorate his home on the French Rivera, and possibly…

Anyone listening soon  hears the twang of English and the birds chirping. Everywhere we go it is the same type of chit-chat. Frenchhusband speaks in English to me though he parler French to the children. The children parler French to…

1989 Once upon a time–and one time only, did French husband Yann help deliver a wedding cake for Cynthia; our dear American friend, who had a bakery in Paris. Cynthia who introduced chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cheesecake, bear claws, and…

vintage postcard. 1929 the unbutton coat scarf tossed aside the cherry trees blossom babies are born flowers change the landscape tenderness fills the air the first signs of Spring are like french kisses!

First, I must say I collect seashells. Secondly, my daughter's prenom-first name is, "CHELSEA." My Father-in-law, a man of very few words, let alone English ones, said to me at her birth: "Chelsea is, "Sea-Shell, backward, non?" The French pronounce…

The Stone steps at the Theater in Orange are also used as seats. This massive first century outdoor theater holds five thousand people. I have been to two opera performances there. Both were jammed packed without an inch to spare.…