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 long-suffering dog… Read More
I wrote this post yesterday. And although I do feel better today (apart from the fact that my husband has a last minute trip to the antarctic (Minnesota) on top of his scheduled trip to Hollywood and I so don’t want him to leave), I thought it was worth it to share how I’ve been feeling because a lot of… Read More
I started blogging in the fall of 2009. It seems like a long time ago, but some of the big name bloggers have been doing it since 2006. So clearly I’m behind the times. Blogging has changed a lot over these years, both in content and in its marriage to social media. It used to be that blogging memes were… Read More
Some time last Spring I spoke about the writing studio my husband was preparing for me. It involved some pretty extensive work – putting up sheetrock, sanding and painting, electricity. And there was also the matter of removing the excess furniture and putting it in the attic (which has no interior access, of course). My friend Christelle helped us to… Read More
My first experience with a French New Year’s celebration was when I was studying abroad in Avignon my junior year in college. Somehow I had a connection to a bonafide French guy living in a posh area of Paris and I went there for New Year’s Eve. I think his name was Laurent. That seems like it should be his… Read More
Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on our troubles will be out of sight. Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yule-tide gay From now on our troubles will be miles away. Here we are as in olden days happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who are dear to us gather… Read More
