I really wasn’t in the mood to celebrate my birthday. To fully celebrate my own birthday when I have lost my son is not possible right now. Walking in Paris provides great distraction for me, and fortunately is still enjoyable. It is also good therapy for the bereaved and depressed. After the onslaught of a …
Parisian pleasures are waiting to be discovered in strolling aimlessly around the many different quartiers of Paris. I just happened to be in the Beaubourg and lower Marais this Sunday, in search of joy and distraction. When I don’t have any particular plans, nor any big event beckoning me, and it isn’t free museum Sunday, …
Saturday I wanted to get in another walk in my neighborhood before starting dinner, which is hard for me to find the energy to do right now. There was my ever present heaviness of heart that just is a part of me now; that this city girl needed to be alone with. Sometimes one …
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Paris is privileged to welcome many great ballet companies every year, but I was totally surprised to see Ballet de Cuba was on its way. Ballet de Cuba is not a ballet corps you expect to see, and for many, including myself, constituted a surprise that one even exists. Little did I know that …
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No, I haven’t been digging around Paris, but plenty of archeologists do daily. I was able to see first hand what archeologists really do and see some very fascinating documents at the National Archives where the archeological festival was held. Paris has many treasures and secrets buried beneath this old city. Though the underground looks …
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As I was heading back to the Seine for the Paris Olympic days, I had no idea that I would end up seeing President Emmanuel Macron face to face. Life is full of surprises when you least expect them, as the saying goes. I was more intent about getting some neat photographs for my …
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Tomorrow is the summer solstice and that is always synonymous with the Fête de la Musique celebration. It is at this time when all of Paris and just about every village in the entire country of France will come alive with the sounds of music filling the air. Here in Paris it is the most …
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I am a bird lover, but I am also a balcony gardener in Paris, who has now found myself in a difficult position of me against a few birds. In any battle they say you must know your enemy and I confess that I don’t, at least not their devious ways!! It all started last …
Emmanuel Macron is the newly elected French president and I wanted to give you another peek of the beautiful gardens of the French president’s home from a previous post. I am off to the healing Mediterranean sun and sea of Sicily, much needed for my grief wrecked body. No, I wasn’t invited to a garden …
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Muguet, neuroscience, art and old books have nothing in common, except our neurons are essential to taking them in for sure! Politics perhaps less, lol. May Day or International Labour Day is Muguet Day(Lily of the valley) everywhere in France. Every corner and every few feet were vendors selling these tiny white bell looking flowers …
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Election day Sunday being mostly sunny, I decided to take my grief brained body out for another walk around Ile de la Cité, an island in the Seine. After all, it was those hallowed grounds that gave birth to Paris, the most beautiful city in the world. Last thursday, I walked all around Ile Saint …
I wrote this before my son died, so it’s just being published now. The trees are still bare, and the skies just as cloudy, only less cold, thank goodness. I am not a chineuse, or bargain hunter who frequents flea markets or yard sales for stuff. It is just not my thing to accumulate bric …