This trivial post was inspired by a rainy Sunday afternoon, a camera in hand, the need for a blog post, and a house full of people . . . which meant I had to clean. In the kitchen, there are the new mauve baskets on my shelves. They hold all the opened bags of lentils and brown rice and dried… Read More
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
Tomorrow we head home for a week before we leave for the States (and I go to BlogHer). It will be a frenzy of laundry and weeding and re-packing and all that, but at least we have a busy and fun summer, which – except for last year – has not been the case. I wanted to share one last… Read More
Dinard (pronounced Dee-Nar) is considered the posh place to vacation in Bretagne. It used to be a small fishing village, and in the mid-1800’s its persona changed to that of a resort. This is also the time the first English residents arrived. I don’t know though – Dinard seems sort of run down to me. Kind of like Coney Island…. Read More
You guys, we are having SUCH gorgeous weather, which is amazingly unusual for Bretagne. And I just thought I would give you a glimpse of what it’s like to vacation here. Of course there’s cheese after each meal … And place settings for 17 people. There are the scarves on the beach. And picnic dinners with baguettes. There is sunbathing… 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
