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apprendre à profiter de la vie + Patricia Sands novel set in Arles and Camargue

In the novel DRAWING LESSONS, set in Arles, Arianna will learn to embrace life. Hear the previous sentence in French and discover Patricia Sand's novel set also in the breathtaking Camargue! apprendre à profiter de la vie     : learn to embrace life Listen to Jean-Marc read the following sentence, profiter de la vie Dans le roman Drawing Lessons, qui se déroule en Arles, … Continue reading apprendre à profiter de la vie + Patricia Sands novel set in Arles and Camargue

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No “tire-bouchon”? + How to open a bottle of wine with a BOOK! (video)

You don't have to drink wine to benefit from today's incredible tip! (I use the opened bottles for ice tea.) Don't miss today's lively, one minute demonstration on how to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew. le tire-bouchon (teer-boo-shohn)     : corkscrew Un tire-bouchon est un ustensile utilisé pour tirer le bouchon en liège naturel ou reconstitué d'une bouteille.  A corkscrew is … Continue reading No “tire-bouchon”? + How to open a bottle of wine with a BOOK! (video)

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Milestones, Paris, Public Speaking

une idée fausse

Shakespeare and Company: an historic expat bookstore in Paris. Still soaring from the high of speaking at the American Library… I marched right into Shakespeare & Co. (before Fear had a chance to bully me and lie to me again…) and offered up my new public speaking services… To get this new gig–I acted as if–as if I had the confidence and composure of a … Continue reading une idée fausse

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recouvrir

Once a year, I do admit, that I wonder whether the simple life… is a life without books (there, I said it! read on, in today's story column…). Photo taken in the Croatian town of Rovinj. recouvrir (reuh-koo-vreer) verb     : to cover (a book) There are many more senses to today's verb. We'll focus on only one for today, in keeping in theme with … Continue reading recouvrir

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