I have a few videos and links to share with you today, but let me start with news. Actually no. Let me start with a question. Have any of you stopped receiving my blog posts by e-mail (those who have subscribed that way)? Please do let me know. And now for the news. Hunter has indeed been adopted by his foster family… Read More
This vlog was a labor of frustration. I recorded it earlier today, and then spent the rest of the afternoon trying to figure out how to fix a video where the audio and video are not synced. I never did get it to work, so I had to re-record it when my hair was flat and my makeup tired. Can… Read More
Vlog is still being auto-corrected to blog, which means it’s not yet commonly used in everyday speech. But it basically means video-log, and apparently it’s all the rage. I must be nuts to do this, but I’m joining the herd, and have added my very first blog vlog! darn-it – on how to get a warm reception in France. Need I… Read More
I love ballet. It’s so graceful. And I love that my daughter is way more graceful than I could ever be, even if it’s not her dream to be a professional dancer. They put on this year’s dance performance, which is called “Un Spectacle,” and which is pronounced speck-tahk-le. This is one of the rehearsals in the smaller (but nicer… Read More
Not surprisingly, the architecture in different regions of France varies quite a bit. In the Ile de France where I live – (The “Island of France” denotes the Parisian region and it encompasses quite a bit of the suburbs) – the principal architecture we see nowadays is square houses made of cement. Sure, they’re plastered and painted, but they sort… Read More
My goal for this week’s French post was to show you one of the types of houses found in the Parisian area. But it has been raining pretty solidly and I didn’t feel like going out with my camera on the hunt for houses. Then I got a brainstorm. When we first moved to France and were looking to rent… Read More
