Even if you have totally forgotten what day it is, you are quickly reminded by pretty little bouquets of lily of the valley flowers. They are for sale on every corner and every few feet all over Paris. It is the first of May! Tradition has it that King Charles IX in 1561 initiated the …
This Louisiana girl has never lived in any other large city, except Paris, so perhaps this phenomena is universal. We have had a delayed spring, with many cool gray days, and mostly rainy, except a few days last week. All it takes is one warm day, and the population of Paris seems to literally explode …
One of the things I have always found intriguing and enjoyable, living in Paris, is to be able to walk on the same paths as those renown ones did from the past. I had known about Marie Curie, but had not realized she came to France as a young Polish student to live and even …
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I have always believed that our soul and the cells in our heart carry painful memories that we would just as well avoid dealing with in our daily conscious. That includes anniversary of the deaths of those we loved with all our heart. I noticed that this past week I have felt more depressed, with …
Sunday was just one of those glorious days of spring that appeared suddenly out of nowhere, like a wildflower. Warm and sunny, whereas the days before were cold and drizzly, enough for coats! As soon as I heard that it was going to be warm, my thoughts raced towards driving out of the city to …
Last Sunday was free museum day and as usual I head to whatever enclave of beauty and art that calls to me. Most often like a homing pigeon, I find myself back at the Louvre, because the whole place is so immensely complex and full of nooks and crannies, that you can go …
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the gift of forgiveness and the freedom and lightness we feel from letting go of anger and revenge towards others. Today I would like to focus on something a lot of patients have an equally hard doing, and that is being able to forgive themselves. Actually I …
Morgan Triplette is a 20 year old student at the University of California Santa Cruz who filed a false rape claim that left her campus in fear and cost the county more than $20,000 in investigative charges. In reading about her I was struck by her immense psychological pathology. As I have said before stories …
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As the daytime draws to an end and the impending shadows of the evening slowly give way to dusk, the energy changes within me to a quieter one of expectation and celebration. I know that in an hour or so, I will partake of an immense pleasure of eating some my beautifully prepared foods …
I always look forward to two wine salons every year; one in the fall and the other in the spring, where I really enjoy seeing these wonderfully talented vintners who make gorgeous wines. So if you were wondering why I did not publish Friday , it was because for the last three days, I have …
Diane de Poitier has been known throughout history primarily for being the beloved mistress of France’s King Henri II. Only in recent years, has it been discovered that her incessant search to remain beautiful became her demise. I wanted to write about her because even though her story happened many years ago, the basic underlying …
It happens every season, winter or summer on Mont Blanc to such an extent , it’s always predictable that several unfortunate persons will meet their death on the pristine slopes on the tallest mountain in Europe. This past week was especially tragic in that 10 skiers, climbers and even a mountain patroller died. From afar …