This is a healing message for Valentine’s Day for you who have been hurt, abandoned, rejected or disappointed in a love relationship. If you are one of the lucky few who hasn’t, then send it to someone who has. Valentine’s Day for the wounded can leave you feeling totally left out, depressed, jealous, resentful, miserable, …
Message For The Broken Hearted On Valentine’s Day Read More »
Who would have thought 2 years ago that we would be still fighting another devastating wave of Covid in 2022 despite available vaccines! Yet here we are still trying to dodge our invisible enemies. I am triple vaccinated but nevertheless feel quite cautious at the beginning of the new year, thanks to Omicron and sub-variants …
Viraling Into 2022 With Covid and Cautious Optimism Read More »
There is something magical when the Paris sky darkens and the lights start to glow! The city of lights and all its beauty takes on another glorious dimension. It is as though the air electrifies to a higher energy level and vibration, a real mood booster. Any time of year Paris is a feast for …
The French and the British have been at it again. Brexit has only intensified the war-whoops by not fully issuing fishing licenses to all French fishermen as promised. The current focal point is the Channel island of Jersey and its flush of shellfish-rich waters. Jersey residents are nicknamed toads. A prominent toad statue overlooks their …
Channel Shellfish Wars, Goading British Toads of Jersey Against French Frogs Read More »
If you are reading this, then you already have a lot to be grateful for every day, not just on Thanksgiving! First of all, you have survived almost two dreadful fear filled and gut-wrenching years living with Covid, even though it’s not over with! I write this knowing that some of you have lost loved …
How Everyday Gratitude Can Change Your Focus and Boost Your Mood Read More »
I won’t be surprised if I hear the sound of scraping metal and concrete during the night this weekend! It’s Halloween time and instead of goblins flying around, the cataphiles will be crawling down to the Catacombs. This scene plays out my 8-floor balcony every year. They have to be quick to avoid any patrolling …
Catacombs, A Scary Dangerous Place To Be Halloween Or Anytime Read More »
I didn’t plan on getting caught up in a crowded party scene again. I just wanted to go to Montmartre to get another photo of Place de Tertre for my granddaughter Isabelle, a very talented budding artist. Paris rarely has such a perfect Automne day as last Sunday. The sky was a piercing deep blue …
I felt hot and thirsty waiting in line to show my Pass Sanitaire(proof of vaccination QR code) to get inside the open-air exhibition. It was Journées de Patrimoine(Heritage Days) and there were presentations of the various workers who are involved in the herculean renovation of this magnificent cathedral, whose sight against the cerulean blue sky …
Meet The Unique Workers Restoring Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral Read More »
Walking the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral is a really wonderful mystical experience for those open to connecting to their soul path. I made it my sole purpose of going there to walk and spend the night to take in their famous light festival. I wanted to share my rather strange, unsettling and spiritual experience. …
The COVID Pandemic has been like a long dark cloud that continues to overshadow our lives. The fear and uncertainty that has been plaguing us all for over a year and a half has taken its toll. Whatever else was going on in your life, before and during; be it a broken relationship, depression, grief, …
COVID Stress Syndrome, It Is Perfectly Ok To Admit You Are Not OK! Read More »
Listen, this may seem like a pretty petty post. The title borders on the ridiculous perhaps. Anyhow, I am writing; however vapid the subject, except for my reflections on La Tour de France. Nothing serious or important, just a glimpse into one of my recent Sundays and my thoughts on competition. Why? Racing came into …
Racing Around; My Sunday Pastry Versus La Tour de France Read More »
I have a beach obsession. Call it a call of the ocean perhaps. A need to feel and see the sea. To be right next to it. Especially falling asleep to the sounds of waves. The call is primordial and the connotations are spiritual. The fluidity, expansiveness, currents and continuity remind me of God, as …