Random photo of a Faïence/earthenware shop in Moustiers Sainte-Marie. The picture is off-topic, but it's a lot prettier than a photo of "la grippe". Also, there is a picture of Mom and me in our pajamas at the end of this post, so if you don't usually click over to the full version of this letter, you might try to today 🙂 Today's Word: La … Continue reading Cloué au lit (Nailed to the bed): La grippe, les frissons
Purple tansy, or phacelia cetifolia, is an excellent insectary plant and heaven to the local pollinators (a veritable bee magnet!). While phacilia is known to attract les abeilles, my husband, alias Chief Grape, uses it to clean the soil of his vineyard (folding it into the soil, once the flowers have passed). The parcel, above, was planted with grapevines last year. See what the field … Continue reading Fleurs des Champs & medicinal plants in our vineyard
A bandagiste on Rue Sade in Antibes. Notice the flirty lace curtains… consider the street sign (what an address for "wound repairer"!) I think the sadistic French writer, long since deceased, might appreciate the irony in it! Merci, merci–merci beaucoup! for your letters and comments and lovely caring words regarding skin-cancer surgery. I have read and reread every note and commentaire and have been uplifted … Continue reading pansement
Have you been vaccinated lately? As an adult, the DPT vaccination "rappel" or "booster" is every ten years… more in today's story. Thank you, David and Susan Howell, for the photo, above (part of Saturday's Cinéma Vérité gallery… Don't miss it!. la piqûre (pee kyer) : prick, sting, bite; injection faire une piqûre à quelqu'un = to give somebody an injection Audio file: Listen … Continue reading la piqure
"Le Roupillon" (The Snooze) : the healing qualities of rest. Smokey, leaning a sore cheek on mamma's fur, so soft and sleek. argile (ar-zheel) noun, feminine : clay. Audio File & Example Sentence: Download Wav or Download MP3 Tous nous sommes faits d'une même argile, mais ce n'est pas le même moule. We are all made of the same clay, but not the same … Continue reading argile
