A Waif/Stray
S, my Brazilian classmate, has discovered that her fiancé is going to his parents' house for Christmas, and she's not invited. It sounds like racism to her, and another explanation is hard to find. Although the spineless boyfriend would seem to be a bigger problem. She will be all by herself in Paris at Christmas, on the other side of the world from her friends and family. I would invite her to share ours, were we going to be here; alas, the "waifs and strays" Christmas tradition is not a French one.We went for coffee after class to talk about it, which for some reason she insisted on doing at McDonald's. Then I went Christmas shopping in the left bank. Nobody should get their hopes too high: it's very expensive, and mostly art galleries anyway. Most actual shopping has been done elsewhere.
posted 20.12.05
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Bonjour Miles & Janet:
I had a conversation with papa Bill Holmes this afternoon. He passed along your blog.
Well, I've read it. I enjoyed your humour Miles. Your style reminded me of an old favourite of mine, Canadian humorist, Eric Nicol. Did you ever read "The Roving I?" I think that was the title of his story about his time in Paris (but I could have the wrong title ... I read so many of his books).
I'm now entirely up to date on your new life. Sounds to me like you two are a jolly good match.
I've started a blog. Actually it's the only thing on my website. I haven't figured out how to anything else yet. I'm still very much in the "what the heck am I gonna do with this thing now" stage.
I've developed severe writer's block trying to make my three grandkids sound as exciting as coupledom in Paris.
Creating a functioning blog was a major undertaking for me. I've purchased a rather hefty tome on HTML. I have this vision of actually organizing my website into something dreadfully smart looking and fabulously entertaining ... for my own amusement of course.
I thought you did an excellent job of designing your website. Really liked the intro on the black background. Did you do it yourself? Kewl.
All the best in 2006.
Regards,
Shae
www.mrsmuddled.com
P.S. What WAS that big, hairy, headless thing hanging in that street market that looked like a dog?!!! Yechhhh!!!
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