Fish Eyes and French Toilets

A Little Summer Break: This journal will return in July. I leave you with one more story from my daughter, who’ll return to France very soon…so soon she can already taste it! More in today’s story. We thank you for reading and sharing these missives. TODAY’S WORD: la marée : tide PRONUNCIATION: mah-ray EXAMPLE SENTENCE:Comme la marée, les comparaisons entre la France et l’Amérique vont … Continue reading Fish Eyes and French Toilets

A Hilltop Village, A Tent, and Good Wine & Company

I wish I could remember all of the fascinating words and French phrases from our recent périple, but I was a little in the clouds. This was partly owing to the location—a perched village in the Var—and partly to the lovely people: our friends from New Zealand and the châtelain with whom we’d soon share a picnic.… Continue reading A Hilltop Village, A Tent, and Good Wine & Company

Polka dots, aging, and a fresh new perspective

The view outside just got prettier.

This happened quite by accident after I pulled open the bedroom windows and settled back into bed to enjoy the morning breeze. Looking at the angled window, I suddenly noticed a whole new scene reflected there. Way off in the distance was the rocky cliff! I could only see the edge of it, but I recognized one of Les Trois Secs. Closer to home stood our massive cedar and—quelle surprise!—two baby squirrels chasing each other through the branches. Continue reading Polka dots, aging, and a fresh new perspective