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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A Little Bit Festive, A Whole Lot Comfort . . . What I Wore to Lounge in Style (or not!)

Life on the island is considerably different than life in the city. Cycling and walking on muddy roads, clambering down slippery boat ramps, staying warm while crossing choppy waters, the pencil skirts and heels don’t…

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Christmas Hooky . . . Time Out!

What a good thing I had committed myself tofinding Christmas in the moment, yesterday morning. As it turned out, not only our 8:30 ferry, but then also the 10:30 and the 12:30 were cancelled, due…

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Pathos, C’est Moi!

In a completely gratuitous demonstration of the pathetic fallacy, the weather appears to be mirroring my response to a weekend of marking papers. Gloomy! Heck, I’m even close to assuming that these ships sulk on…

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