One way I am letting Life love me right now is …. one of my favorite recurring journaling prompts. I’ve even shared it with my new...

It was deliberate that I didn’t add Finally to that title. No one really needs to know that it’s been forever ago since I last practiced...

So yeah, it’s been a nice week. Today it is pouring rain. I had a very early hair appointment for a blowout and came home, turned on the...

Well, there has finally been a little sunshine here at the beach. I went to Café’ Bonaparte this morning and sat outside at a table half...

It’s a strange phenomena, this. The last time I saw rain in Redondo Beach was on one day last October before I left for my trip to the UK...

This Costco Run reference is something that would typically never, ever appear in a story of mine, especially if it referred to me doing...

Well, I wish I could say that after my first, fairly good night’s sleep since Friday night, I feel entirely different than the Short Fuse...

The last time I remember using this reference after an extended stay in Europe was when I returned after a glorious month in Spain and...

Returning to greater Los Angeles after most of three months in France wasn’t easy-peasy for me. It was a winter of much rain – very, very...

Having to leave France. I didn’t want to even think about it and, my last day and night turned out to be quite special and so worthy of...

France, ma Cherie ~ here are some more of the ways I just love you, not necessarily in this order … I love that Paris has happy hours. I...

France, ma Cherie ~ here are some more of the ways I just love you, not necessarily in this order … I love your Le Marche’ and market...

During my stay in Bayeux, one day I was ever-so-cozy in my warm apartment, and I began to think of all. the ways I really loved France....

One of my first days in Bayeux, I took a walk when there was frost on the ground, on the trees, and on the little wooden bridge near the...

Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday. It’s been about 20 years since I lost track of the commercialized must-have-a-soulmate to...

The only reason I thought I’d have to visit the French Post Office, would be to buy stamps for mailing postcards. That – the postcards -...

It’s likely that no one else – that I know of – would do a trip to France the way I’ve done it. Perhaps no one else would spend their...

For a couple of weeks now I have been swooning over French cooking magazines. They’re brimming with so many recipes, all of which I want...

When I was in Paris, I deliberately held back from dining out often. I tried it a couple of times, and maybe because it was Paris – the...

Pinterest and I once spent a lot of time together. I popped back over there this lazy Sunday morning. Not surprisingly, lots of pins...