It’s All Maya!

Paris is made up of a collage of images so beautiful and unique that it seems as though some are just a backdrop for a movie set. The ever present booksellers along the quays are a perfect example.  One wonders, do they really sell their goods?  Are they able to make a living on what […]

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My niece Kerri came for a visit with her good friend Jackie and we were afraid that we had two teetotalers on our hands!  Little did Patrick and I know that those two girls were going to keep right up with us, drink for drink!   One of my favorite drinks is a Kir Royal.  When […]

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When Carly Smithson sang The Show Must Go On on American Idol, I was rooting for her to do a good job.  Unfortunately, the song was too big for her and it was not one of her better performances.  I’m not comparing Carly to my friend Geraldine Larrosa even though the comparison can be made […]

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I was looking at pictures for another post and ran into these two photos that I thought were really funny and wanted to share.

Maya Muses:  Old people need not fear, but youngsters - beware!

Maya Muses:  Proof of global warming!
Photo Credits:  Tommy V. and Pierre Poisse

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This has nothing to do with the French, but rather with Anglophones who write about France.
I started reading a book recently and after the first few pages I had to stop and get myself another book to read!  I won’t even mention the name of the book, or the author, because it annoys me, well […]

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If history has told us anything, it’s that all politicians will say anything to get elected!  Promises are made and once elected, those promises go out the window!  Who doesn’t remember, “Read my lips: no new taxes.” and the controversy when George H. W. Bush eventually did raise taxes.  Is McCain, Clinton, or Obama any […]

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You might not think that there is a lot in common between sheep that graze in a pasture and comments left on a blog, but you would be wrong.  Or am I just be catty because I have hardly any comments on my blog?  Actually, I prefer to think of myself as observant instead, but […]

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One of the most romantic photographs in the world was Robert Doisneau’s Le Baiser de L’Hôtel de Ville.  A private moment caught by his lens for all the world to enjoy in a voyeuristic moment in time, or so I thought!  In 1993 Doisneau was taken to court and admitted to posing the shot he […]

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After getting a webcam, not only have we been talking to friends and family halfway around the world several times a week, (which is great!) but with internet phone service, it cost hardly anything at all to make those calls.  When I became an expat in 1971, needless to say, it was before the internet and […]

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Paula Abdul’s blunder on American Idol was funny at first, but when you think about it, poor Paula has some major problems to deal with.  There are times when she literally cannot put three words together without pausing for air; or else Simon or Randy need to hold on to her so she doesn’t fall […]

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