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2016

This year has started sweet and sour. But that is exactly why it is already exciting. Goodbyes… In the first weeks of 2016, David Bowie and Alan Rickman left us leaving this world with an ounce less of inspiration. DH’s grandma L. also followed her husband J., who passed away a month or so ago, leavingContinue reading “2016”

(Kind of) mellow Fall weekend

We always have busy week ends because staying in the house is barely an option with 3 hyper active tots and 1 ‘cannot stay inside’ husband. There is this underlying fear that if we don’t do anything we may really kill each other. It is a little bit like a retired couple whose kids areContinue reading “(Kind of) mellow Fall weekend”

My black son

‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character’ Martin Luther King Jr. Something that has been happening with G in the last few weeks got me thinking aboutContinue reading “My black son”

Mood of the day: the Frenchie

Very strange weather. Last week I was boasting about New York’s Indian Summer to all my European mates and this week is a mix bag of rain, thunderstorms and tornados alerts, Fall breeze, hot and sunny afternoons etc… As the French say, ‘c’est n’importe quoi!’ (It’s anything…and everything). So I decided to just mix Summer andContinue reading “Mood of the day: the Frenchie”

I am …

When I woke up this morning, I really felt like I had drunk 5 cosmos, smoked 20 fags and as if a body snatcher was crawling out of my limbs pulling away my bladder with its teeth… I was feeling old, basically. And then G stood in front of me wearing only his underwear, exposed,Continue reading “I am …”

Cougar town

cou·gar ˈko͞ogər‘ noun a large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat, found from Canada to Patagonia. informal, an older woman seeking a sexual relationship with a younger man. I cannot remember the last time I went dancing with my girlfriends. I have a vague feeling that it was just after IContinue reading “Cougar town”