There is a moment each summer, right at the height of it, when you first realize it won´t last forever. When it comes to food, at least to me, that moment is marked by the appearance of the plum. For someone who grew up in Germany, plum cakes belong to late summer days like thunderstorms, […]
“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.” (A.A. Milne) It´s […]
“Have you tried them?“ said the old man, plucking a the cherry from the tree. „C´est permis!“ His gesture was casual, he must have done this a thousand times before. His rutted, sun tanned face bespoke of many summers spent outside, his hands of hard work. From our garden, I had seen him busy in […]
In my family, we have a tradition for embracing the holidays…coughing and sneezing. Easter was no exception, with the result of my kids and me being sort of knocked out one after the other, like dominos. My mother, who was visiting, and my husband even had to take over the kitchen, which happens rarely, but actually should happen more often. They […]
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Not long ago, the magnolias have started to bloom everywhere in the city. I miss mine back home in our garden in […]
I was so delighted to find bergamots at the market lately, or rather they found me, making their way into my basket disguised as organic lemons. Not really paying attention, that´s what I mistook them for. Back home I realized what little golden gems I had purchased – bergamots aren´t so easy to get, and […]
Discovering Paris more is one of the things I look most forward to this year. Since we came here last year, going to town on a saturday has become one of our most loved habits. Often my son starts to make plans friday night, his top three destinations being 1) the Eiffel tower, 2) a particular magasin (shop) where […]
So they´re finally over. Not only the holidays but also those precious days “in between”, when life slows down a bit, leaving me with some extra time to nest up with the family and take a moment to contemplate. Ok, the latter won´t really happen as long as toddlers are present doing their whirlwind-y jobs, […]
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