The French Needle Blog
A guest blogger...
From Elisabeth, author, and my belle soeur in every sense of the word !
"Why do French women love
scarves ?”, Lisa asked me…"Mmmhhh… Well… "
I said, "Let's think about it…"
There are two words in French for
scarf. One is écharpe, from which the English scarf
is derived. It is much longer than wide and is worn around the neck
or over the shoulders.
The other is foulard, which
originally designated a type of fabric: a very light one, made...
I think i have a fourth cone
nude in bath, pierre bonnard
First, a disclaimer. My entire scientific knowledge could be stuffed into a thimble with plenty of left over room for my finger. Frankly, the id...
La Charite Sur Loire
How could one not like a town called “La Charite” ? La Charite sur
Loire more precisely, was the site of our most recent family foray into
“la France profonde”.
I love this kind of trip: a few serious pretenses for being there,
but mostly lots of downtime for exploring, reading and stitching. And
lots of delicious food.
We were there on a quasi business trip and found people very friendly. Except one really nasty guy at the post office.
La Charite has...
C’est l’ete
11 pm June 2, 2011
Well something really fun about my life is I never know when I will
end up in France….that was the case for an unexpected ten days zigging
and zagging through Champagne, Provence, Normandy and Paris. And it all
happily corresponded with the longest days of the year…The trip was for
family business, business business, and plain family. It was fun,
productive, and, of course, delicious. When I get my ...
Fête du muguet
Say what you will about the French, but they do have a few really charming customs. My personal favorite is the Fête du Muguet, which somehow is intertwined with the French Labor Day.
On the first day of May, it is customary to present friends and loved ones with tiny bouquets of Lily-of-the-Valley. The flowers are symbols of good luck and mark the arrival of spring. And, I guess, a day off work.
At any rate, they are sort of the flower opposite of a riotous tree peony. For some reason these ...
