Samaritans were looked down upon in the time of Jesus, thus giving Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan much more impact with his listeners. That a Samaritan could be considered more righteous, more neighbourly, than a teacher of the law was just unthinkable. The history between Samaria and Israel ... read more
Getting Organized
Walking Hunter is a very messy task because he's a hunting dog and needs to run in the wild. I took advantage of the sale season to buy new rubber boots that could take me where I needed to go. I got the ones with pink soles and jewelled medallions on top so I would look cute as I was traipsing ... read more
Palais de la Découverte
The Palais de la Découverte (pronounced pah-lay de la day-coo-vairte) is located on Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, just off the Champs Elysées. It's a discovery museum for children, housed in part of the Grand Palais, which was built for the 1900 World's Fair (Exposition Universelle). I had to do a ... read more
How to Cook With Herbs
I was supposed to have a really great recipe for you today, combining beef and prunes. But it wasn't good. I mean, it was edible, but nothing I would post here. So I decided to do a tutorial I've been meaning to do for a long time on how to cook with herbs. You all know I'm an amateur chef, but I ... read more
When You Can’t See the Meadow
My dog is sick. He caught a tic-related illness called la piroplasmose in French, and it attacks the red and white blood cells, the liver, and the kidneys. It's pretty serious, but we brought him in as soon as he started showing symptoms. He had been vaccinated against it, and I put the tic ... read more
Sunsets+Shopping=Serenity. Sorta.
I did manage to clean my floors yesterday after all. After talking with my tribe, they encouraged me to just pick one thing to do (to get out of my mental funk) and I realised having muddy floors bothered me more than anything else. So I mopped them. And I felt so much better. And then, since my ... read more
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