An American in Provence

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,...

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...

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

Friday night, I cleared out the old wooden bookshelves in our medium bedroom, put them in the hallway, stacked with stuff to get rid of, and...