Hi friends! You may have gotten some weird emails from A Lady in France since some unknown glitch caused three months of my posts to disappear (and an e-mail to be sent from the last post in May), and then overnight it all reappeared. And then you might have received an e-mail with the most recent post, which you would… Read More
Our house is falling apart. The ceiling dropping chunks of plaster, the black mold creeping all over the walls, the rat swimming up our toilet … (okay that last one was gratuitous and has nothing to do with the construction – only the trials of this earth). With all these things, do I need another reminder not to store up treasures in my worldly… Read More
Considering I’m living through major construction, I’ve been pretty zen about the whole thing. I’m zen about the noise and invasion of privacy. I’ve been zen when the hired hands didn’t secure the tarp well enough to endure the wind-rain storm and we had to put pots and pans on the rug to catch the leaks sprouting in the ceiling…. Read More
This is an expression, is it not? Albeit an archaic one? What’s Toward. I know I’ve read this before in older literature, and I believe it means, ‘what’s happening?’ – even if I couldn’t find a single reference to it online. So I thought I’d share more of what’s toward these days in the Goutet house, even if it promises… Read More
I know it’s not been that long since I last posted, but it seems like ages. It’s a long stretch for me anyway. I’ve not been low on ideas, but I haven’t had the desire to write. It’s probably, at least in part, due to the fact that I’m madly (still) working on the final draft for my memoir. You know… Read More
Have yourself a merry little Christmas Et je vous souhaite un Joyeux Petit Noël Let your heart be light Laissez votre coeur s’éclairer From now on your troubles will be out of sight Dorénavant vos ennuis seront hors de la vue Have yourself a merry little Christmas Et je vous souhaite un Joyeux Petit Noël Make the Yuletide gay Rendez cette… Read More
