As an outsider and an American observer, I just had to roll my eyes and scratch my head over the recent protest march against a proposed law enabling homosexual marriage last weekend. Throngs of French citizens clogged the routes of Paris as they marched towards the Eiffel Tower, interrupting several bus lines and metro stops. …
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My almost little misadventure started out innocently enough after I had just finished putting the final touches on my last post. The sun was setting and felt I better get my walk in now, knowing the park closes at 5:45pm in the winter due to the early darkness. I got there at just before 5:30, …
Most Christmases are what we make them, but for myself and others I am sure, there is a cloud of sadness behind the tree and all the trimmings this year. In light of the very recent slaughter of 20 children, it is hard to get pass this and be so very merry. Perhaps it ripped …
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It is always the same following a mass killing. We weep and pray for the victims, but no action is ever done towards prevention. I am personally sickened by this cultural lassitude in our country that continues to deplore these heinous acts of violence, yet does absolutely nothing to change laws that would at …
I have wanted to write about this for a longtime, but the nagging obstacle has always been number one: I am a women and number two, I would be seen as having prejudicial views against men. What is a therapist, who is also a woman to do? Hold back the truth as she sees it …
Sundays are my pastry or dessert making day, when I allow myself the pleasure of eating something delectably sweet, always made by my own hands. As plump Spanish oranges are bursting on the market as well as a new crop of appelation d’origine controlée (AOC) Perigourd walnuts, I immediately thought of this extremely old and …
Just a quick post of sympathy for Walmart workers whether they are striking or not. I am ashamed that I have shopped there in the past , as if I was abetting the slave labor wages these poor workers are subject to. As a humanistic and feeling human being I am in complete solidarity with …
Last night was the big and I mean big celebration throughout France to celebrate the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau. The crescendo has been building for over a week or so, with just about every wine store, brasserie or restaurant advertising their Beaujolais party. Besides the enjoyment of tasting the new wine, I find a symbolic …
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I have been rather amused by the headlines of the moment heralding the “tragic fall and exit of retired Army General David Petraeus” portrayed as a “hero” general during his military career. Frankly my dislike for the man has nothing to do with him not being able to keep his zipper shut. That said, I …
Yesterday the church was overfilled as usual by the time I arrived, however early. Outside a camel, a pony and two goats were there to greet me for the annual blessing of animals. Multitudes of persons inside were lovingly carrying there doggies in their arms., and kitties in crates. I found the rather raspy breathing …
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I will be going on vacation to sunny Greece and cruising the Greek islands, therefore there will not be any long post until November the 5th. I am excited about being in the cradle of democracy and the country of Hippocrates, the father of medicine. I love old stones , so the antiquities of Greece …
Leave it up to the French to resolve their very conflictual views on marriage. You don’t have to be a social scientist to figure out fairly quick that in France”nobody ever get married these days”. Marriage is very optional to the French who for decades have viewed the state of wedded bliss as not being …