Moccis is a Swedish footwear company that provides stylish slippers with leather soles, which are hand-washable! They offered me a pair in exchange for trying them out and writing about them. I got them just in time for our trip to Brittany. Now, you know, Brittany is usually pretty cold. And the beginning of the vacation was just that –… Read More
It has been an eventful two weeks. Juliet went to Barcelona to dance under the tutelage of the Opéra de Paris and learn the flamenco (and practice traveling on her own). I waited for her and cleaned my house from top to bottom, ignoring the hole in our wall from a staircase yet to be installed. When my daughter arrived, we took… Read More
Recently, we had a theologian, Douglas Jacoby, from our church in Atlanta, come speak to the church in Paris. The man is smart. He got his Masters degree from the Harvard Divinity School and is naturally of an analytical mind. He spoke on Reason, Science, and God. What he said, in grossly simplified terms, is that the first 12 chapters… Read More
I’ve written 12,000 words of my Regency novel, and I’m gaining confidence that I might actually be able to get to the 70-90,000 word finish line. I’m pushing forward without a thought for authentic dialogue or historical accuracy because I can fix those later. Fortunately, I have people like Jaima Fixsen, one of my favorite Regency authors of all time (who I’m now… Read More
Hi everyone. I’m really only writing because I wanted to continue to flex my (mental) writing muscles at a time when it feels like all my words were whisked away. And it’s also to tell you about a couple of things. Juliet and Gabriel played a (tiny) duet last night. This was immediately after Juliet’s dance exam under an external jury…. Read More
You may have heard that Paris was flooded, and I’m sure you’d like news and photos. If I were a good blogger, I would have both. But alas, I have news but no photos. In fact, I really have no photos for this post, and not even much firsthand news. Bad blogger. Bad. Before I get to the news “light edition”, let… Read More
