Tag: Paris

• The Wine of Solitude

  The Wine of Solitude, published in 1935,translated into English by Sandra Smith in 2011, The Wine of Solitude is a sad sort of book, and although it ends on a note of hope that feeling of sadness remains, because we know author Irene Nemirovsky died in Auschwitz, and it’s all the more poignant since she…

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  July 19, 2015

  French Bingo, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris, Paris in July, Russia, The Wine of Solitude, Ukraine

• Snapshots of Paris…

  I’ve been looking through my old holiday photos and, since I’m on a ‘virtual’ trip for the Paris in July challenge, run by Karen at Book Bath and Tamara at Thyme for Tea, and Dreaming of France over at An Accidental Blog, I thought would post some of my pictures for a Saturday Snapshot, which is…

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  July 13, 2013

  Dreaming of France, holiday, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris, Paris in July, Saturday Snapshot

• Parisian Pictures Take Two!

  This week’s Saturday Snapshots don’t need many words, because they’re a collection of some of my favourite views of Paris, taken over the last two or three years. My parents were very fond of the city, and planned to celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary there, but sadly Dad died a few months before their special…

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  July 7, 2012

  boats, Eiffel Tower, Flower Market, flowers, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Italian food, Notre Dame, Paris, Paris in July, River Seine, Saturday Snapshot

• The Summer Reading Pile

  Well, Midsummer’s Day has been and gone, though the weather has been so dreadful if feels as if summer has never even arrived. June is over, and July is here. And even if the weather doesn’t improve, I can curl up on the sofa and tackle the TBR pile, which should last me well into…

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  July 2, 2012

  Ada Leverson, Canada, Dancing Penguin, EM Delafild, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris, Penguin Dust Jacket, Summer reading, TH White, To Be Read, Tove Jansson