Pasta Tonnato We think mon mari is fixed. We hope mon mari is fixed He has one more test to pass next week. I’m making him study. He hasn’t been in hospital all this time, but a bit of back and forth, in and out, tests and procedures, punctuated by a few trips to find a house and a couple of long, leisurely lunches on the coast. As long as … Continue reading →
Burgers and Beans Another example of two people talking about different things together: Do you walk to school or carry your lunch? Mon mari was discharged from the hospital on Saturday morning. Sounds simple, doesn't it? He comes home and mows the lawn (which he is doing as I write this, but I digress). The French, after investing 17 days in your health and well-being, are not simply going turn … Continue reading →
Fresh Tomato Olive Salsa It's been an exhausting week. Mon mari is reclining gracefully on his hospital bed, complaining about the food. ( I have SO lost faith in French medical care….. the FOOD isn't good??? Zut Alors!!!!) I have 3 weeks of uncut lawn to wrestle into submission, after perfect grass-growing weather. Not to mention the weeds that have reached the tops of all 500 vines. Or the … Continue reading →
When I got the post this morning there were two envelopes – kind of a record for us here. With no junk mail and no catalogs the morning walk to pick up the post is, well, a morning walk, nothing more. The first envelope was from the Church. You know which one I mean, the one always capitalized, that has their own country in the middle of Rome. Most casual … Continue reading →
Why do some of us avoid the domaine of doctors? Are we afraid of what we might find out? Decide that if we don't acknowledge something it will just disappear? I like to think it's because we know best and don't want to waste the valuable time of doctors and dentists who have people who are actually sick to care for. I had a toothache once. It came on as … Continue reading →
There is one problem with learning another language and living in another country that is never mentioned by the experts. They all talk about making humorous and embarrassing mistakes in your new home with your new tongue (A Dozen Thursday's) but no one talks about the situation where you hear correctly but the concept is so, well, foreign, that your brain simply refuses to process it. I went to the … Continue reading →
