I thought it was important to do something special with my daughter, so when we had the opportunity to get reduced-priced tickets to the ballet, Sleeping Beauty, I took the plunge and got two tickets. I promised Juliet I would get her a party dress to wear, but I didn’t have enough time to go to La Defense where there… Read More
This is a recipe for sole meunière, which is a completely logical way to prepare fish, in my humble opinion. Preparing something “meunière” means that you’re using flour, since meunier means “miller.” It’s pronounced muh-nyay for masculine nouns (meunier) and muh-nyair for feminine nouns (meunière). This totally reminds me of the nursery rhyme my mother-in-law used to sing to Juliet when we… 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
I did manage to clean my floors yesterday after all. After talking with my tribe, they encouraged me to just pick one thing to do (to get out of my mental funk) and I realised having muddy floors bothered me more than anything else. So I mopped them. And I felt so much better. And then, since my long-suffering dog… Read More
As Christians we can sometimes swing too far into works, or too far into grace, depending on what our religious persuasion is. Some churches permit – and even encourage – carrying around a load of guilt as a perverse way of showing our gratitude for being given the gift of holiness and eternal life. Conversely, other churches are so focused… Read More
My book is published! I wrote a whole book! And this is the second-most exciting thing I’ve ever done after having children. It’s even more exciting than traveling the world! Here’s my friend Greta, together with her adorable daughter, getting my book in the mail. She was kind enough to offer to do a book review for me. (She blogs… Read More
