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It would be impossible to describe the amazing depth of synchronicity behind this snapshot of Christine and our friend Céline in a tea sho...

My son took this snapshot as the métro dashed through Rambuteau station, on our way to the Gare de Lyon, for my return trip to the Dauphiné....

The kitchen expression " serve up the leftovers " is even more ugly in French: " accommoder les restes ". It sounds like...

This weekend, I'm looking forward to discovering the celebrated Vélib phenomenon: the free bikes of Paris. It's funny to think that...

My daughter Emmanuelle and son François find it hard to understand why I've never returned to Paris for years. This doesn't mean t...

I have decided to release all 16 chapters of my novel entitled All the Earth is Mine . Click the following button to access my website: This...

There's no doubt about it: the 2008 Olympic Games have started well and truly, a little earlier than planned, with spectacular events in...

Yesterday's docking of the European space cargo Jules Verne with the ISS [ International Space Station ], 200 miles above the Atlantic...

It's rare to see a photo of an encounter between the respective leaders of France and Australia. French president Nicolas Sarkozy and A...

The two major giants in the domain of fine alcoholic beverages have their headquarters in the Old World. The leader, of course, is Britain...

Chapter 9 of my novel has now been released. Click the following button to access the novel's website: This chapter is entitled Violenc...

Last Tuesday afternoon, I dropped in at the cemetery of Pont-en-Royans to bid adieu to 46-year-old Muriel Magnat (wife of Jean , the brothe...

I don't mind admitting that, once upon a time, when Bill Clinton looked us directly in the eyes and swore that he had never had any kin...

The First Law of Motion of Isaac Newton seems to concern moving objects: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that...

Prior to leaving for Australia in August 2006, I called upon a local butcher, Patrick Charvet , to spend a morning slaughtering my existing ...

My daughter sent me this photo, taken last year in a Paris courtyard. She was testing her newly-purchased scooter, which she now uses regula...

Chapter 8 of my novel has now been released. Click the following button to access the novel's website: This chapter is entitled Earth ....

For a blog author such as me, fascinated by computers and inspired by the great pioneers in this domain, receiving a comment from MIT [ Mass...

The New York Times proposes an impressive compendium of US war casualties, presenting—as they say—" faces of the dead ". This you...

Opening an album of old family photos, we might feel inclined to alter certain images. It would be nicer if an archaic ancestor were a littl...