I thought I’d take a break from our tour of the châteaux just to tell you how things are going over here, and to include a few pictures for the grandparents. After our five days in the Loire, just the two of us, we had a weekend away as a family. This was needed as well. It’s hard to connect… Read More
My husband has been traveling a ton. Out of five weeks, he was gone three and a half, and then Friday I got this text: “Hi Love, Sorry but I need to work at the office late tonight to finish the second part of this urgent doc.” Anyone who knows how I’ve been doing lately will guess at the nature… Read More
Spring is here and I bought two fruit trees in the supermarket. I did not stop to think what Matthieu might think or whether they would fit in my car or where I would put them. I just saw that the apple tree was 25€ and it was already trained in a U-shape to sit against a wall, and the… Read More
I bought the book The HerStories Project because I had several friends who had contributed to it – Nina, Alexa (with whom I worked on the Sunshine After the Storm book), Alexandra, Deborah, Galit, to name a few. And then I got to know the co-editor Jessica through reading it, and she subsequently reviewed my memoir for me here. The book… 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
