Paris Apartments, Continued , , ,

In my last post, I shared some reflections on the apartments we’ve rented in Paris.  I began writing this, as you might have known by my opening paragraph, right back here on our little island…

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Our Paris Apartment (rental. . . )

Classes start tomorrow morning, and I expect I’ll be too distracted to write much for the next few days. While I’m settling in to a new term, conscious of my promise to reveal some of…

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Shoes Pretty Enough to Eat . . .

When I read this post on Jamie Cat Callan’s fabulous blog, I immediately thought of this photo I took of a delightful vitrine in Bordeaux last May. Jamie goes back and forth between candy-coloured shoes in…

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Chez Nous à Bordeaux . . .

As we watch summer’s relaxed days dwindle, as I try to dodge the stresses of wedding preparation and paid-work-related worries  and watch autumn hurtle towards us with its onslaught of obligations, I’m already dreaming of…

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Sunday Contemplations — a French Abbaye

It’s Sunday — a good day to visit a church in Vertheuil en Médoc, France Bright, sunny May outside it was, when we visited, a high noonday sun on a Saturday morning, and the streets…

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