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…

  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:…

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…

Epiphanie – The Feast of Epiphany 1990- With my few French words in my pocket, I often found myself in awkward red-faced situations ! On the feast of Epiphany, we were invited to share the *Gateau de Rois at our…

The key The houses in France are old. The doors to the houses are old. So it goes to figure that the locks and keys, to the doors of the houses in France are old too. Often they look like…