Travel Journal, Paris Pages. . . .

The ardoise at Le Petit Vatel. May I recommend the boudin noir? Black pudding/blood sausage is not to everyone’s taste, I know, but I suspect you’d all appreciate the Gâteau au cédrat confit (Cake with…

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What I’m Wearing: To Please Myself

 The post I had planned for this morning wasn’t really an “outfit post.” Instead, I was using the playful exhortation on this t-shirt as an entry-point to tell you about my efforts lately to figure…

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We Thank You — Wednesday Words from the Hopeful Wounded. . .

Ah, titles. . . .Sometimes thinking of yet another one just seems too much. Too much. Please excuse…. Thank you so much for your very kind, thoughtful, and supportive comments on yesterday’s post. I know…

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Friday’s Five

A very quick Friday Five, accompanied by Gratuitous Photos taken on a Sunny Spring Run. 1. I’ve written those 500 words twice this week, so that I now have over 5000. These are, of course,…

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Friday at the BirdFeeder (and a Paris TV series for good measure)

Okay, that was a rather horrid week. And the month before it wasn’t so great either. But I’m going to hope that I’ve got the year’s worth of viruses done with in one convenient, concentrated…

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