by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
We had a famous Wordsworth professor who would say, “My glance fell upon such and such in a Wordsworth poem,” as his way of opening a lecture. I would like to borrow his words to say that this morning my glance fell upon a book on my shelf called, How to Live or...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jun 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’d like to continue the story of the cemetery at Montparnasse. I returned the next day with my intrepid Irish friend, who could not believe a puff a wind had closed down the cemetery the day before. Here’s a link to that sad tale. pilgrimage This time, the...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jun 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
This post is the very first one ever published. We launched on Bloomsday in 2020 on June 16th. And since this Friday is Bloomsday 2023, I thought it would be fun to visit our earliest inspiration. It seemed an auspicious day, with everybody the world over out reading...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jun 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
cemetery in Paris, anyone? Many people think, oh, Père Lachaise, with its 70,000 tombs, many of which contain notable figures such as Chopin and the Doors’, Jim Morrison, to name a very few. The name translates to Father Chair, or Father François d’ Aix de...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
All methods of transport become precious in a French transport strike, even a non-Uber, non-Lyft ride share, called BlaBlaCar. This striking season came from the dispute over the retirement age. President Macron wanted to elevate that age from 62 years to...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | May 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
hen we use the term “haute couture,” we think of fashion. But something else goes by that name. Would you believe it’s the tea shop in downtown Paris? Mariage Frères offers what reviewers call haute couture du thé. High fashion tea. On a recent trip to...