« Missing (in cinema, novels and popular culture) is the crucial life stage where the woman is initially tired, anxious and cross, before undergoing an internal renaissance where she steps over the threshold into her new queendom of zero fucks. » (aka menopause). This extract is from an article of the Irish Independent (It’s all the rage!…
For what feels like the first time since Le Baby’s arrival in our lives, P. And I got a day off. Together. At the same time AND in the same place. We got a full 7 hours of doing exactly what we wanted and it was GLORIOUS. It was also in Paris which made it…
This is the extensive list of the birds we have fed this winter.
Both my parents are anglophone. English is my mother tongue. Being born in Paris and living all my life in France means my French is better than my English but also that moving out from the family house meant not getting to speak English at all on a daily basis. That was when I started…
So far, I am in awe of this woman. The more I read, the more she gains in substance and the more I‘m astounded at her strength of character. She built herself a BIG life. It helped of course that she came from money but all who come from money don’t have the heart or…
I am currently obsessed with a song by Rose Betts called Irish Eyes. Probably because I might have Irish Eyes myself but mostly I am particularly sensitive/receptive to the lyrics « I’m a map of the world and the ones before » because ever since Le Baby was born, I’ve had this feeling lurking in the back…
We’ve just had the most glorious weekend weather ! It’s been a dark and gloomy month of December so a bit of sun was so very much appreciated ! And we’ve made the most of it and been as much as we possibly could in the garden. NB Have discovered a new psychological bias of…
Story time : Last October, I went to visit my younger sister N., a superstar studying Art in Brussels like a badass. We did all the things we enjoy doing at any given time anywhere : eating, visiting gardens, checking out cute concept stores, thrifting at the flea market and spending time in second hand…
I’ve always been an original hardwood floors, marble mantle pieces, moldings etc kind of gal. All those details that hint to a house being old, built and designed at a time of real craftsmanship but I’ve lately changed my mind. I now think all that matters is character whether that is character from the past…
In 1935, in an attempt to illustrate how absurd it was to represent quantum particles in a given finite state when they are in fact constantly moving, Edwin Schrödinger imagined a macroscopic thought experiment that places a cat in a box where it will eventually die of radioactive exposure. But we don’t know exactly when….