Jeanne Koré Salvato

where’s Godot?

where’s Godot?

ummer fun! I wanted to be sure you had lots of French things to do while Godot goes off on vacation. Godot promises to return on August 20th. (How reliable is Godot?) Check back to see! Movie:Waiting for GodotWaiting for Godot is what you have been waiting for without...
bits and bobs

bits and bobs

“t’s a very bits and bobs piece of writing.”  This is how, apparently, you use the phrase “bits and bobs” in a sentence, according to the all-knowing Internet.  Basically, the phrase means small pieces put together.  Let us hope these pieces are...
Lafayette

Lafayette

s we approach the Fourth of July in the States, my thoughts naturally turn to Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. A French aristocrat from the Auvergne region, he was born in 1757 and died in 1834. He was a commissioned officer at the age of 13! Lafayette statue...
to wait

to wait

ait (v.) c. 1200, “to watch with hostile intent, lie in wait for, plot against,” from Anglo-French and Old North French waitier “to watch” (Old French gaitier “defend, watch out, be on one’s guard; lie in wait...

juneteenth 2.0

uneteenth is about to become a national holiday! I thought I would do something interesting, which is leave the post for last Juneteenth as it is, and give an intro for the following couple of reasons. When I re-read this post, I noticed that I said something about...