TJ’s Household Haiku

23 Jul 201726 Jul 2017

Why now this strange mist? When I thought that life was clear Tears filling my eyes Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku challenge. The prompt words for this week are "Strange…

Les nuages pleurer pour moi

30 Apr 201630 Apr 2016

  Parce que mes larmes ont tous disparu, je suis debout dans la pluie. J'ai besoin plus de larmes pour laver la douleur de mon coeur brisé loin. Donc je…

Meaning Monday – Etiquette

22 Feb 201622 Feb 2016

Etiquette Sadly lacking these days alas, etiquette by definition is "the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group" What most people…

French Friday – Art Nouveau

9 Oct 20159 Oct 2015

I would like to take an opportunity to celebrate Siegfried Bing, an enterprising German chappie whose shop, Maison de l’Art Nouveau gave the name to the entire art and design…

French Friday – Love Quotes

2 Oct 20151 Oct 2015

Do  you have a favorite French quote? Or perhaps you have a quote in French from a French speaker from another country. The name of this blog for example is…

le Cafe Parisien

18 Sep 201519 Sep 2015

Two weeks into Writing 101 already. Quelle horreur! The task is to "Update your readers over a cup of coffee" as though addressing you over a cup of coffee. My natural…

French Friday – Larme

11 Sep 201515 Sep 2015

Je vous ai vu à travers une larme Ma tristesse disproportionnée Mon monde entier dans une sphère liquide. En petite révolution. TJ Paris English Version I saw you through a…

In Vino Veritas

9 Sep 20159 Sep 2015

The empty bottles Cry, "In vino veritas!" At my happiness How many regrets, how many dreams have passed along the Rue Mouffetard? Surely a way that has existed for thousands…

French Friday

4 Sep 20154 Sep 2015

Au cours de mon voyage Mon coeur joyeux s’est échappé, mais je l’ai rattrapé tout de suite. Translation: While on my journey, my joyful heart escaped, but I caught it at…

Jeudi Joyeuse

3 Sep 201521 Sep 2015

For sheer decorative bravura you cannot but admire the spectacular balconies and stained glass dome of the Galleries Lafayette, Paris. The Art Nouveau splendour is a joy to behold and…

Ping Back – A Lowenbrau Story

25 Aug 201528 Aug 2015

Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Mother, Little Wendy, and the “Danger twins” stared in horror. “Eunice, I strictly forbid it!” Great Aunt Eunice was recalcitrant. “If you do this Eunice I…

Let Down Your Hair

11 Aug 201525 Aug 2015

It's Flash Fiction time again! I do hope you enjoy another Lowenbrau Family tale of 166 words... Let Down Your Hair Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Great Aunt Eunice, Mother, Little…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Brolly

1 Aug 20151 Aug 2015

Marie Antoinette Ne'er gave thought in the sunshine How to dress for storms The Object: Enraptured with Versailles for the first time, I succumbed to the temptation to buy souvenirs. This…

Mondayitis – When clothing attacks!

13 Jul 2015

Mondayitis - When clothing attacks! Looking back on the terrible trauma I have suffered in the past few months, detailed at length in these heartrending posts… Et Tu Toothipeg: my…

French Love Quotes – Day 3

6 Jul 201511 Jul 2015

Final day of 3 quotes in 3 days and the last sequence of three love quotes in French. Although it is vile Monday I hope you have a lovely and…