Bedside manner.
One hears about it on the medical television shows…..
Doctors are supposed to have a 'good bedside manner.'
I think that means they are supposed to be pleasant, concerned, helpful, kind and caring.
American doctors (or so the TV shows lead me to believe) receive some, albeit cursory, training in 'beside manner'.
French doctors don't bother.
Don't misunderstand.… Continue reading.....
We splurged at FNAC the other day.
I may have mentioned that we don't have actual television here in Vlad's House. We do have a DVD player. We were in FNAC (huge multi-media store) last week and went a bit crazy at their 'Holiday Specials' table. We had already watched all of our boxed sets of videos, which we have already … Continue reading.....
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 … Continue reading.....
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 … 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 … Continue reading.....
