I just heard about a book called Dear Me: a Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self. I like the idea, so here is my try to write to my sixteen-year-old self – except, maybe I should have written it in French. I'd love you to share your own! Dear Claire, Unlike... Continue reading

Today I was trying to remember how you call errr… this thing that hangs and is decorative and you often find over toddlers’ beds… A word I must have known (in French) since I was five but that I’ve had no need to use, even in thought, for a very... Continue reading

Is it just me...? I can't help but think the trees are giving me the finger, when I go outside on my balcony... So much for the profound messages of nature! (my last post) Continue reading

Two weeks ago, my (newly become :-D) fiancé and I enjoyed a stay at Lake Tahoe and then Yosemite National Park. This visit to some of nature’s most impressive sites brought about lots of discussions about wildlife and biodiversity in general, from the dumb but fun “Koalas aren’t really built... Continue reading

A bit before last Christmas I found out about the uber-cool online marketplace for “all things handmade or vintage”: Etsy. As an internet business they master the tools of communication in the electronic era, with about 20 employees just for the community & blog aspect. Said blog features weekly sellers;... Continue reading

My wonder of the day (month would be more accurate) is how we can make sense of the buck load of information we are being fed – and I am not even talking about TV news shows as I don’t have a TV these days. Instead, thanks to the wonderful... Continue reading

I'm back "home" and dedicating my last post to my mum made me think that I should share a simple pleasure of mine… Have you ever paid attention to dedications at the beginning of books? You should. I started appreciating their value after I was lucky to receive a beautiful... Continue reading

This week, I'm visiting my family in France... And my mum is not very happy that I'm not writing in French! So, here's for her. En français, et à propos du chant (écrit quand j'avais 20 ans) - spécialement pour maman! J'ai entendu dire que l'on peut gagner des notes... Continue reading

I just turned 30. All right maybe not just; but recently. I feel (am!) young and I am living pretty much the same life as in my early twenties. Except… I already went through a kinda midlife crisis, career-wise. Interestingly, wherever I go, numerous people have either already made drastic... Continue reading

I was sharing my blog’s address for the first time on Facebook about one hour after the Japanese earthquake/tsunami stroke, unknowingly. Then I went to bed. When I woke up to the news, I felt terrible; guilty even. I was hesitating between keeping a respectful silence for a while and... Continue reading

As I was watching an episode of the first season of Californication, I recognised the shop where my boyfriend and I had to get our very first provisions when we landed in the Golden State. Our first pied-a-terre was in Marina Del Rey near Venice Beach, where many scenes of... Continue reading

Have you ever heard people (ok... women) say they see babies everywhere since they started thinking about having one? Well, I’ve been experiencing exactly that, except with writing. The first post I wrote for this blog was prompted while watching an episode of Californication – a TV show about a... Continue reading