Canular: How To Say Practical Joke in French? + Jackie & I have fun at Max’s expense…

Merci for your encouraging notes following last week's update regarding subscribership. Your words revive me! Today's mischief takes place in La Ciotat (photo snapped outside Le Palais Lumière where a patch of daisies looks as innocent as a team of pranksters in hiding. Read on.)  TODAY'S WORD: UN CANULAR     : practical joke, prank, hoax A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi Espinasse … Continue reading Canular: How To Say Practical Joke in French? + Jackie & I have fun at Max’s expense…

amour-propre – self-esteem, self-love, self-worth, ego in French

"Primroses, stuffed cats, and other this's-n-that's." More than a few things are off today, including this photo which I am unable to straighten or edit – given that my computer crashed this morning. More, in today's missive. (Photo of my brother-in-law, Jacques, who has spent the past two weekends with us, helping to fix the upstairs ceilings. Click image to enlarge it.) amour-propre (ah-more-prohpr)   … Continue reading amour-propre – self-esteem, self-love, self-worth, ego in French