June is Pride month when Pride parades allow LGBTQ+ people to come out and be as wild, outlandish, and exuberantly flamboyant as they want. It’s all great fun and a joyous occasion to be seen and heard. Being who you are is about the healthiest accomplishment you can do in living your life. It’s the …
My surprise country Sejour in the Berry department of France had a miserable start, but in the end was very refreshing and enjoyable.
The fact that Notre Dame is still standing is said to have been a miracle. The mere reality that you and I are still here having survived so far the 8th deadliest global pandemic is also a miracle! Sunday, I spent a good part of my afternoon doing what I love to do on a …
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As you probably already know, the Netflix series Emily in Paris was derided by the French as being way too glossy, superficial, and unrealistic. In brief, way too Hollywoodian. I have never seen the programs, but from what I know about this popular television series, I would say yes, but so what? Hollywood has never …
Hemmingway described Paris being a movable feast. Certainly, it is with all the beautiful sights, but also a tantalizing olfactory feast for your nose! Because of recent confinements, when I couldn’t go around as freely as before, I started to be more nostalgic of some of the marvelous smells of Paris. I don’t go anywhere …
After a week of sub-zero temperatures, the weather flip-flopped with a sneak preview of spring. A rare treat in February for Paris! My first thoughts were a walk in nature. With a 6pm curfew, wherever we went, it had to be close to Paris, so as not to be stuck in the habitual bumper-to-bumper late …
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Sometimes love is not meant to bloom. It is a hard cruel fact of human life for some of us. If you know of someone having recently experienced a broken relationship or unrequited love, let them know you care and send them this post. Nothing like Valentine’s Day to rip up a wounded heart in …
Hallelujah! Thanks to Maurice, the rooster, and Sésame the horse, both of whom drew the most national outrage and attention, the ordinary sounds and smells you encounter in rural France are now formally protected by a new national French law. They and other normal country beings all did their part in helping bring about much-needed …
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I know that Happy New Year wishes are probably said automatically and for the most done with the best intentions. Nothing against that, but this year it is better to ring out Healthy New Year! You see Covid couldn’t less that the calendar has changed! All it cares about is finding new vectors(like you) to …
Well, the Christmas flea market was a surprise, at least to me. I looked down last Friday evening and saw the telltale white booths lining up on the Avenue! Never saw any banners announcing it, which I find strange. But Paris is always full of surprises! I am not a huge fan of them in …
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Year 2020 has been a source of severe stress, uncertainty, sadness, and grief for those we lost. Yet, being grateful for what you Do have is a very powerful source of peace and wellbeing? It is so powerful that not only can it can boost your mood up a few notches, but even help …
I better get going soon! The striated sky is slowly turning a deeper shade of steel grey. That dark cloud coming in seems to be settling lower. Rain perhaps? Halfway out the door, I realize that I forgot to fill out my attestation(authorization form) needed during our strict confinement. I duck back in to complete …