Jules Verne, dreamer and visionary is a perfect example of how we should all value and launch our dreams into the cosmos! It is totally mind blowing how his visions have become our present day reality! The seeds of great adventures, our personal goals and futuristic ideas are all within us, waiting to be played …
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Notre Dame Cathedral is reaching out for restoration funds, and one of the first events to promote global awareness was a sound and light show. In all the years I have lived here and even before, I have never seen a sound and light show at Notre Dame and it was truly spectacular! …
This year, the approaching commemoration of the dead was acutely forefront in my own thoughts, since losing my son last February. Le Jour des Morts alway follows All Saints Day on November 2. It was another emotional hurdle and I guess a rite of passage for the grieving to get through, that I was not …
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I kid you not! Not since World War II has France faced such a severe butter shortage and the crisis is worsening as butter stocks have literally melted away from grocery shelves. France runs on or perhaps I should say swims in butter! It has the highest butter per person consumption in the entire world. …
Unesco and a piece of art called the Domestikator have nothing in common really, except both are mired in cultural controversy. Did the Louvre really banish it for being too provocative and is Unesco worth leaving? I ended up treading into both this past week. We all see what we want to see based …
Your fears, anxiety, depression and grief are not going away magically even if you are in treatment! Waiting for them to disappear before you start “living” again is like waiting for pigs to break into a chorus of songs! There is no magic bullet in psychiatric treatment, the treacherous road to recovery has many pot …
Taking Yours Fears, Anxiety, Depression And Grief Along With You Read More »
Frankly, I hadn’t planned at all to write much about Granville and Christian Dior’s boyhood home. Why? I had other grand plans for even going to Granville on the Normandy coast, and they had nothing to do with this very famous couturier. I had this great idea of doing the “traversée” of bay Mont Saint Michel …
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Twice a year I am royally tempted by this extravagant garden show at Château Saint Jean de Beauregard, and this time I gave in. Right now, as autumn approaches, my grief brain needs all the flower power I can soak up. It is the oldest and largest garden show in France. I always found the …
Superb Garden Show At Château Saint Jean de Beauregard Read More »
Paris had two big “fetes” of gastronomy and gardens going on this weekend. I chose the ethnic food fair on the Seine and a famous garden show at a château that I will write about next. Autumn is always full of activities to do here, so it was somewhat of a dilemma to fit in all …
Ethnic Food Fair Along The Seine Reflects Cosmopolitan Paris Read More »
Hidden gardens, mansions, and spectacular places not otherwise open to the public are the jewels I love seeing during the weekend of Journees Patrimone or heritage days. A lot of monuments, châteaux and museums are generally open for free as well. I look forward to it each year and always marvel at the secret beauty …
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I have always admired the Dutch for their avant garde approaches to societal problems and have been aware of their innovative flood prevention ideas that deserve a closer look. Instead of trying to defy and out fox mother nature, the Dutch have decided to plan ahead for the volatile wiles of dame nature. That comes …
For Flood Prevention, Look Towards The Dutch And Maybe Mermaids Read More »
Jean Jacques Henner may not be well known, especially outside of France, but his nudes, religious subjects and portraits are beautiful and very provocative. There is very little written about his life, but his art speaks volumes about this obscure artist seen in a self portrait as a young man. The first time I saw …
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