Category: Living in France
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Passage of Time
Crossing the threshold from Willows California to Marseille France was not easy. Even though I was in love, and starting the journey of married life with a Frenchman, leaving my big loving family and friends, was not taken lightly, my…
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Take time to Smile
French Garden Bench. Hand made. The weekend is upon us. The time to relax is here. Come and sit down. Take a thought and a moment and time to be still. Smile for no reason. Look around you. Feel yourself…
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Being Thankful
Most things take time. Which is easily forgotten- with cell phones, computers, internet, google, Amazon, transportation- Life seems to be at our fingertips. Whatever we want when we want it- click, snap, instant credit- Such daily life routines, which used…
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Growing up French
Living in France is different than living in California. My experiences of growing up in Willows, a small rural community in Northern California, are far different from my children’s experiences of growing up in France. The language is different:…
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French Rose
OLD ROSES Pray tell, What do old roses and an 86 year old friend, who was born in Texas, then moved back to Greece, with her Greek parent’s when she was 3, have to do with a blog about French…