Bird song is what I thought the French language sounded like when I first arrived in France. After a while, it just sounded difficult. I was utterly lost after a person would say, "Bonjour." When I was first married…

    Photo Source Via This is Paris M. Sasek   Every Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush,…

Can  I simply  write without fanfare or  hoopla that  today is  a  wonderful day because  it is  the day  Yann was  born. x o x o

    A few weeks ago Artist Debra Riley and a reader of Tongue in Cheek asked if she could paint a painting from a photo I took. Of course I said yes. Debra painted Chelsea in the poppy fields…

    Lucky find at the brocante a white pottery water jug. Three melons from Cavillon.       Pea Pesto.     Provence style.       Antique handmade terre cuite planting pot, though I used it to hold…