When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
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With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
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This story happened exactly two years ago. I just saw my dentist a week ago. I see him again next week. He has to replace a couple of fillings. Life
on the run does go on. Read More...
WHY DO I LIVE IN FRANCE? The answer (along with France's excellent single payer health care, super trains, French lovers and The Mediterranean Sea) is
"La Bouffe" (The Grub). In the past week I have received a fortnight's worth of zesty, scrumptious foods gifted to me by a few of my French neighbors.
Not junk foods like chocolate bars or cream puffs. But FOOD. Read More...
HAVE YOU EVER noticed that when you are with a sibling you haven't seen in awhile, the rhythms are suddenly all right? There's something about the pace
of language that flows between members of one's immediate family that's whipped cream smooth. You don't have to make an effort to make yourself understood.
The sibling gets it. And you get them. Read More...
This past Sunday, a friend and I had been driving around La Provence Verte for hours. She is looking for property to buy around here. She wants to do organic
farming. We had been checking out the territory all morning. It was 1 pm. We were starving. Because the village of Correns is all about growing organic
foods we chose to try to have lunch there. The town square had two chancey looking cafés. The owner of the less chancey told us to go across the road
to the Auberge du Parc and to hurry because they might close early. Read More...
Today I found myself crying. The arrival of this weepy episode was unexpected. Since my kids evicted me from my house in 1998, I have not cried. After
that event, I refused all emotion. The pain of what had happened was so deep and pervasive that I knew I would never live through more of the same.
So I blocked all entries to emotion.I knew that If I cried about what had happened, I would die crying. So I blockaded emotion. Never again would
I trust or believe blindly in anyone. Read More...
Thinking, from here in France where I live, about the "sitchewayshun" in the US today. I can see what's happening better from here. The rich old guard
white guys are losing their power. Their numbers are shrinking. The blue blood white families who used to run the American show are fading out, losing
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What is all this about Healing? I'm on the verge of going home to France where I live. Read More...
I go to Lucca often. Recently, I took this photo of the city from up hIgh. As you can see, Lucca town (Population 390,000) is entirely surrounded by fortifications.
The dimensions of the walls are startling. 4 kilometers long. Nearly 30 meters wide. Made up of 11 different earthworks. Read More...
NOBUYUKI TSUJII - A young, (Virgo/Dragon 1988) blind Japanese pianist
whose emotion-filled playing moves audiences around the world to tears. My pal Karl Jesse introduced me to this wonder. Take time out to listen to
his performance. Read More...
Best-selling Author/Astrologer Suzanne White is American, but she has lived all her adult life in France. In 1971, she began writing articles for women's magazines and by 1975 had written her first book about Chinese Astrology. Suzanne has published six best-selling books on both western and Chinese Astrology. She has been dubbed the "High Priestess" of both Chinese & Western Astrologies by her readers and critics from around the world. All of Suzanne White's books remain in print and all are available as e-books. Since 1995, White has been a continued presence on the Internet, at first working for both AOL and Disney sites. In 2001, she started her own web site . This most original and amusing web site has been an enormous success and given Suzanne White's name even more global recognition than she previously enjoyed..