Hi everybody! It's great to be back! Although I'm still buzzing. I've successfully finished the final edits on my manuscript and sent it off - but I'm not going to be easy until I've read the entire thing again in its book layout form because I'm a maniac like that. Why can't I be a maniac about ... read more
Fall Days at our House
When it rains out, the dog still needs to be walked. William came with me because his teacher (actually his whole elementary school) was on strike. Again. He didn't seem to mind the rain one bit, and I changed him into clean, dry clothes straight away upon entering, and he settled down with his ... read more
How to Read French Real Estate
My goal for this week's French post was to show you one of the types of houses found in the Parisian area. But it has been raining pretty solidly and I didn't feel like going out with my camera on the hunt for houses. Then I got a brainstorm. When we first moved to France and were looking to rent ... read more
Cottage Pie
Cottage pie is similar to shepherd's pie, but more people have heard of shepherd's pie than cottage pie. Do you know what they are? I had always heard of shepherd's pie, but when I did, I imagined it was like a pot pie with a baked floury pie crust and a stewy interior. But nope - I was wrong. Then ... read more
The Optimism of Jesus
I don't know about you, but the last adjective I would have used to describe Jesus was "optimistic." Nor would I have used its distant cousin - "joyful." I mean, the shortest verse to appear in the Bible is "He wept." It's not "He laughed." And then there's this description of him in Isaiah 53: ... read more
Five (Moniversaire)
"C'est moniversaire!" yells William as he runs up the stairs at 6:30 a.m. He has this tendency to drop the first syllables of his words. "Mon maillot de bain" (my bathing suit) becomes "mon yo de bain." So bathing suits are now called "yo de bain" in our household. And why bother enunciating "mon ... read more
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