**Update October 25, 2016 Sometimes the most wonderful things happens when you write a blog. You make new friends. And you realize that people really do read what you write. I write this blog this for me, but if I can reach just a few others who have the same interests I do, then I …
“Bake something. You’ll feel better.”
This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. Good advice, n'est-ce pas? Words to live by. I found the mug at Holstee after seeing what they call their Manifesto. I bought the mug and notecards. So, keeping in the spirit of doing what I love, I got up this morning and …
Kindness
Quote: Audrey Hepburn Photo credit: not sure- I found it on Oui, Oui Je Parle Franglais's FB page I am, quite truthfully, so undone by this presidential election and the ugliness that it has brought to the forefront of almost every waking moment of our lives in the United States, that I find myself in …
Searching for Aimée Leduc
I blogged about Cara Black and her heroine, Aimée Leduc three years ago. I was just reminded of Aimée by Arles Lucy because she shared Bonjour Paris's interview with Cara. I am ready for the next novel!! 2017, set in Saint Germain. If you have read any of Cara Black's Aimée Leduc novels, you know …
An Ode to Autumn
Fall, glorious fall. Or autumn, if you prefer. It is, hands down, my favorite season. I ask my students which season they prefer and summer usually wins. No homework. No school. Sleeping late. Camp. The beach. The skiers in the group say winter. Once in a while someone says fall. Girls who like to wear …
“News is bad for you”
photo credit: Amanda Whitlock "And giving up reading it will make you happier." The Guardian I admit to being semi-addicted to Facebook. I get up every morning, make my hot lemon tea water, start the coffee brewing, and open up the computer. My day just doesn't seem to start off right without reading Sean Dietrich's …
A Paradox
According to Merriam-Webster's Learners Dictionary: paradox noun par·a·dox \ˈper-ə-ˌdäks, ˈpa-rə-\ Popularity: Top 1% of lookups Simple Definition of paradox : something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible : someone who does two things that seem to be opposite to …
Who am I?
This popped up on Facebook as my post (on the old blog) from a year ago... I am still wondering who I am! A work in progress, I like to say. I can even add a few more facts to the list. When you were twelve or so, did you sit around and wonder why …
Good Women by Sean Dietrich
Here I go again. Shamelessly stealing from Sean. Well, it's not stealing if he says I can, right? And if I give him full credit? I love this man. He says it the way it should be said. He is not ashamed of his Southern roots. He is not ashamed to eat real food. And …
Heroes
Ask Americans of a certain age where they were on 9/11 and they can tell you. I was in a 7th grade team meeting. Before internet and televisions in all classrooms. Most of us didn't even have radios. Sounds like the Dark Ages to the young'uns. The kids I teach this year, in 6th, 7th …
the sabbatical chef 