A Book for a Rose?

May 2, 2016

Or is it Sant Jordi… Last weekend I was down in Perpignan, way down in the south-west of France …

Reading Paris

March 14, 2016

I have just put down Provence 1970, the book I found in the free book mail box in Chinon …

September 24, 2015

Dearest readers, This summer a kind follower wrote me a supportive email and in that message encouraged me to write a memoir about …

March 19, 2015

I recently ran into a man I originally met a year ago through some mutual friends, a fellow American and blogger. His …

December 3, 2012

Yesterday was one of those crisp, sapphire-blue days that winter often offers to us here in Paris. I spent the …

November 16, 2012

As a young woman, Jackie Kennedy came to France to study at the Sorbonne. She was enamored by French culture, …

July 18, 2012

I recently finished this classic and controversial novel by D.H. Lawrence. Far from the soft pornographic themes I was expecting, …

July 3, 2012

I recently received an advance copy of Bronwen Hruska’s forthcoming book Accelerated. One rainy afternoon a couple of weeks ago …

June 30, 2012

I just walked in the door from the closing dinner of the Paris Writers’ Workshop which was held at the …

June 27, 2012

As some of you may remember, I am partaking in the Paris Writers’ Workshop this week. What an experience it …