I don’t think I’ve ever sat down to write a post in so tired a state – so completely devoid of words. And yet here I am feeling like I should say something. Anything! Ever felt like that? There. I went and got an apple and now I feel better. Blood sugar and all. You see, it’s just been so… Read More
Everybody knows the expression to make a gaffe – to make a mistake. This word is also used in French with the same meaning. So you can imagine my confusion when I first started hearing the expression – “J’ai pas fait gaffe” (or less colloquial and more correctly put – “Je n’ai pas fait gaffe”) because it does not mean… Read More
My mother-in-law has been taking dance classes called “expression primitive” for years now, which is a sort of natural freedom animal-y movement, accompanied by a tambourine and the occasional grunt. Her passion for this class has always been met with fond indulgence and hidden smirks by her five sons. However, when she offered to take six of the grandchildren for… Read More
You know how it is when you give birth to an innocent dewdrop of a baby, and everyone else’s kids suddenly become gargantuan monstrosities that revile and disgust no less than the giants in Gulliver’s Travels? Well, my sister came to stay with us with her petit chou (little cabbage) of a newborn and managed to still love my children…. Read More
The French word of the day is pousser. It’s pronounced poo-say and it means “to push.” It also means” to grow” (as in plants), and it also means “to grow up” – as in – what kids do. A related word is poussette (poo-set), which means “stroller,” and now that Petit Prince has gone and pousser-d, we are leaving the… Read More
To “train the dog” is “dresser (dress-ay) le chien” in French. And it’s a long, long (unlooked-for) process to have a nice obedient dog that is dressé. You have this cuteness and this. And then you have this. Christmas takes on a whole new meaning when you have a puppy. I was optimistic that with a name like Hunter, we would… Read More
