okay, I know I insist I have no regrets but I must offer petite regrets for the state of my writing due to lack of access. currently I am sat in a bar dashing off e-mails on a modicum of access. NOT on my laptop (to boot)...AND with a french keyboard...needless to say ... grrrrr!
I have updates written on my laptop etcetera etcetera ... so patience with this temporary setback is much appreciated...
I believe I will be back in business next week. batten down the hatches!!!!!!
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about me.
- Non Je Ne Regrette Rien
- France
- I'm a somewhat contrary woman who, in March of 2008, decided to leave corporate life behind and pursue a dream. The resulting misadventures are documented here, as I reinvent my life in France. On a side note, I write as I speak ... lots of run-on sentences, misapplied ellipses and unexpectedly plentiful parenthetical pauses. This is unlikely to change.
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My boutique in Brantôme, France
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My daughter's décor boutique in Berkeley, California
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when the dog bites. when the bee stings.
- a pretty how town
- chez rigsby
- citizen of the month
- david lebovitz
- diary of amy rigby
- foreign parts
- funkalicious blogsite of my cynical cousin Nate
- l'ennui mélodieux
- margaux motin (nouvelle! mon premier link pour un blog de francais!)
- non-working monkey
- our juicy life (notre vie juteuse)
- pease pudding
- the bloggess
- utah savage
time for some international dreaming.
- absolutely the BEST European lodging guide ever - Alastair Sawday
- americans in france
- best collection of tales about France
- browse properties for sale in France: primelocation.com
- buy or sell homes abroad
- Cadogan, my favorite guide about my new region, the Dordogne and the Périgord Vert
- everything you need to know about everywhere
- french entree ~ resource link for the languedoc region
- I found my real estate agent here
- le Moulin Neuf, Robert & Stuart's calming B&B retreat in the heart of the Dordogne
- newsletters from gay Pa-ree!
- slang of the week: MOODS! (talk french like the cool kids do.)
- Summary of my tips for choosing a mover, moving your pets and getting your visa/carte de sejour (ca. 2007)
- what the hell is *je ne regrette rien*, you ask?
best of Brantôme & surrounds
- about the village of Brantôme
- Au Fil de l'Eau restaurant
- Au Fil du Temps restaurant
- la récré gourmande
- le Bistrot St. Pierre
- les freres Charbonnel
- Moulin de l'Abbaye (Michelin star restaurant)
- Roda restaurant (Champagnac-de-Belair, 5 min from Brantome)
- the affordable Hotel Alienor
- Hotel Restaurant le Jardin des Chouchoux
- Rosé et Ciboulette restaurant (a favorite; fresh dishes fait maison)
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- like babe. only better.
- try and resist. go ahead, I dare ya!
- SEATTLE-ITES Support Your Fellow Blogger!
- follow-up.
- fearless friday.
- PORTLANDERS! Support your fellow blogger!
- returning to our irregular programming.
- WAKE UP AMERICA! Everything that needs to be said.
- bête de jour jones.
- for my SF bay area readers ...
- forgot to mention.
- what I did last night ... tales from the clumsy Am...
- what I'm doing tonight ...
- Voting from abroad -- simple tool for U.S. absente...
- are bloggers "real" writers?
- phenomenon DIVA JOOD takes the nation by storm.
- democratic veep nominee watch.
- interesting new (to me) vegetable.
- black widow blogger.
- franglais. or anglais en france.
- L'ennui-Melodieux insisted I share this with all o...
- this would be interesting, to say the least.
- guess who's coming to dinner?
- speaking of shameless self-promotion ...
- no autographs, please. and paparazzi to the rear.
- Sunday.
- note to self.
- angst.
- la cuisinière rustique.
- other things that have occupied me lately.
- Scenes from la marché a l'ancienne
- dedicated to all of you bleeding heart bug lovers.
- who's that blogger got her Neuf box?
- I'll buy it.
- I don't like spiders and snakes.
- first a roar, then a whine, at last a whimper.
- one step closer.
- je regrette.
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where was that...
une poésie écrite pour moi.
Air Born.
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
rencontrez mes héroïnes et héros
- Miller and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity and The Fuller Center for Housing
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a dream of equality for all
- Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Visionary for a Poverty-Free World
- Kiva, Loans that Change Lives
- Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Nobel Laureate.
- Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist
6 comments:
How screwy is a French keyboard?
rg- trés compliqué!
Malgré tes ennuies de microordinateur je te souhaite bonne chance avec ton integration à la vie à Brantôme!
Amitiés,
I'm enjoying catching up with your journey to Brantome. good luck with everything, from another Americaine in the SW (I'm on the Haute-Vienne/Dordogne border)
LF-merçi!
Amy-welcome and thanks, once my access is back up I look forward to reading and discovering more about your experiences§
not sure what happend to my comment...i posted it yesterday it was there and now it's gone. booooo.
Glad to hear things are going well. Ah the heat....you'll be wishing for that heat in January my friend. But next summer if you don't have your pool installed you can come over to our place and take a dip in our pool.
Poor JY, I hope his arm gets better and of course he's taking the month of August off.
Congrats on the carte de sejour process, if you read all the other blogs they are in line for 5 hours, complaining, etc..maybe because you were/are in a smaller town? Not sure, but we'll be doing all our car registration and app for Carte in Albi which is pretty small, so hopefully it will go as smooth as yours
We'd be happy to watch the kids after when we arrive if you can't find one. We are about 3 hours from you, and on the way to Italy and Barcelona.
Yay, kitchen appliances...my favorite topic, anything to do with the kitchen. I just love going to kitchen supply shops, etc...did you get a nice cute tiny fridge?
Can't wait to heara more.
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