Running in Vancouver, Dreaming Paris . . . Bridging the Two . . .

It’s not looking good for running this week. Ice everywhere, and you know I really don’t need another bad fall. But I remembered that on the run that culminated dramatically in my last fall, I’d…

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Five Things Friday

Yes, it’s that time again! I wasn’t sure I could come up with Five Things again so soon, but life is full of little wonders that really are worth a second look,don’t you know? Before…

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Et en français, nous avons. . .

This is a fly-by visit (or is that flyover?) just to note the two French novels I read this summer so that I can move them back to the bookshelf. Françoise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse is wonderfully…

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Good-bye France, Hello my Home

  Heading to the airport where we’ve decided to check our bags for a change, having bought a Longchamps bag to consolidate some overflow. . . After a busy day of ambling on Saturday, I…

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Last Days in Paris

  Yesterday, our penultimate day in Paris for this trip,I wrapped a large chiffon scarf over my shoulders to keep them from burning and took my wrinkled linen pants out for a stroll in the…

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