An American in Provence

I picked up my French passport this morning. It has been ready for awhile, I received the text message saying it was available for pick-up a...

The above cartoon for kids to color, cut out, and fold into a cube shape. Then the cube is to be placed in the center of the table for remi...

 Here is the other cross-stitch I finished this year, this one is for Alain's Aunt, Lydia. I have now done at least one for every hous...

Come to an end. My maternity leave is ending and I return to work on Monday.  Alain will then take his two weeks of paternity leave, then we...

Someone had other plans. Our daughter S. decided to make her appearance weeks ahead of schedule. (We have decided not to post her full name,...

you buy something from Sephora and get "premiér rides" (first wrinkles cream) samples. Sigh. Today is my birthday. The big 3-0. Su...

I think I am entering the 'tired' stage of pregnancy. And no, not just physically tired. Tired of lying down, tired of sitting, tire...

One more month... More or less. One more week of work.  I was actually supposed to stop February 4th (six weeks before D-Day) but now French...

Got back from Strasbourg just fine. My wallet however, did not. After my long train trip back home, and being called "sale race" (...