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LE MOMENT PROPICE

Un vieil homme donnait à manger aux pigeons qui soudainement prirent leur envol. Je n’avais [...]

03
Jul
WAGNER AND BISCUIT

Revealed today: the Leitmotiv of a different kind of Wagner Cycle As we rummaged today [...]

30
Jun
C’EST BEAU L’ÉTÉ, MÊME S’IL FAIT 38 DEGRÉS RESSENTIS

L’impact du parfum envahissant des chèvrefeuilles vous accueille au moment de franchir l’entrée du parc [...]

26
Jun
CHOPIN À PARIS

Revisiting a legend : Chopin and l’ancienne salle de concert du Conservatoire This morning I [...]

22
Jun
LA FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE

Paris, solstice Ah, le plaisir cyclique retrouvé de se promener en ville sous l’odeur enivrante [...]

21
Jun
CE HÉRO AU SOURIRE SI DOUX

Mon arrière-grand-père, « ce héros au sourire si doux » * “Grandpa Schultz” (my maternal [...]

15
Jun
“CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER,” TWO YEARS ON FACEBOOK

If you are reading this, it concerns us both. I joined Facebook two years ago [...]

11
Jun
DORA MAAR

Juste en quittant l’excellente exposition rétrospective ‘Dora Maar’ au Centre Pompidou, j’étais confronté à un [...]

10
Jun
LE TEMPS DES CERISES…

« …Mais il est bien court, le temp des cerises Où l’on s’en va deux, [...]

06
Jun
MY 50-YEAR ROUND TRIP

A true multi-city destination, a 50-year round trip Leaving with much regret after a week [...]

04
Jun
AT LINWOOD GARDENS

Linwood Gardens, located in my home town, is now part of my DNA, having spent [...]

04
Jun
I SEE A CLOUD!

My brother Ron had just given a sprig of lilac to Mom for her enjoyment, [...]

03
Jun
PLEYEL AND THE SPIRIT OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Pleyel grand piano – Piano à queue – number 1555 This beautiful and fully restored [...]

24
May
MANGE TES FRAISES

Il faut manger cinq fruits et légumes par jour. Mais, après tout, pourquoi pas cinq [...]

20
May
TIRAMISÙ

For his birthday dessert today, Jacques requested my famous Tiramisù. [...]

18
May
THE COMFORT OF A BUTTER POUND CAKE

The dependability of comfort food. Today is my famous ‘gâteau quatre-quart,’ made from scratch from [...]

09
May
COLETTE ON MAY DAY

Le premier mai, 2019. May Day Checklist: 1) Take long walk in sunshine around Ile [...]

01
May
THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, RENATA TEBALDI AND ME

Une tradition bien sympathique : l’œuf de Pâques ! Merci, Véro ! “Behold, I tell [...]

19
Apr
KENNETH CLARK, CIVILIZATION

“What is civilization?” asked art historian Kenneth Clark. “I don’t know. I can’t define it [...]

16
Apr
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE STILL WATERS

So not buying any green bananas, at 100 years and six weeks. I call Mom [...]

13
Apr
MARTHA GRAHAM TO AGNES DE MILLE

So, there’s another revival of the classic American musical drama ‘Oklahoma’ on Broadway. Here, from [...]

11
Apr
CHASING THE BLUES WITH FLOW BLUE

Chasing the blues with Flow blue, Willow patterns, and Blue onions… We’ve all experienced it, [...]

10
Apr
AN HOUR AT THE LOUVRE

During the staggering task of preparing space for the upcoming special exhibit ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ [...]

08
Apr
A PERFECT PARIS-BREST

A la recherche de la perfection. Today’s subject : the perfect ‘Paris-Brest.’ Five stars ! [...]

06
Apr
LES PRALINES DE MAZET

Ma confiserie française préférée. Ça va mieux maintenant ! Of all French sweets, my favorite. [...]

03
Apr
AU JARDIN DES TUILERIES, NICOLAS BOILEAU (1636-1711)

Agréables jardins où les Zéphyrs et Flore Se trouvent tous les jours au lever de [...]

30
Mar
THE PERSIAN PRINCE

“Petit à petit, les chats deviennent l’âme de la maison” – Jean Cocteau I love [...]

28
Mar
A GIFT FREELY GIVEN, BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY

Another Facebook random act of kindness. It had been in the mail for a week. [...]

25
Mar
HAVE I NOT REASON TO LAMENT

My cheerful bunch of tulips, grown in France, and purchased yesterday for only 5 euros, [...]

23
Mar
MARVELOUS PARTY

I Went to a Marvelous Party! Sharing the Noel Coward classic song interpreted by the [...]

20
Mar
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