Jeanne Koré Salvato

it was a cold and snowy night

it was a cold and snowy night

t was a cold and snowy night in December when I stood at the podium in front of hardy souls at the American Library in Paris about to give a presentation on a novel called in French, La Vie Devant Soi by Romain Gary. The English translation of the title, The Life...

journey of the mind

t is unusual to see the song “Swanee River” in the same sentence with William Blake’s poem, “The Little Black Boy.”  But these two pieces, the longing in the song about the South and the longing of the little black boy who will protect the white boy even in...

the Aran Islands

f you live in Europe, it probably goes without saying that all of Europe is close by, but you will not believe how close.  I booked our tickets to Shannon, Ireland, on Ryan Air for 1 euro each.  Never mind that Beauvais, Ryan Air’s French airport, was...
who you going to call?

who you going to call?

o car, and, importantly, no driver’s license—this state describes many more people than you might imagine living in Paris and its environs.  What’s a person to do?  Or to put it another way, “Who you going to call?”  The answer is, of course, Uber. Not...

the cool factor

UANTUM SUPERPOSITION This fancy term defines a system that can exist in more than one quantum state at the same time.  There is a principle associated with this term and an equation, so it must be real. (You’re on your own here for more details about this...