In cities, sparrows are developing innovative strategies for food. We often make fun of them, while they imagine new ways of eating and adapt to their environment. I think we should look at them more closely and in a different way… Don’t you think so? Language Note “Sparrow brain” is a direct translation of the … Continue Reading
In this post, Nathalie tells about a delicious Easter lamb recipe:
Brown the lamb with onions for 10 minutes with oil and butter and season with salt and pepper. Then, sprinkle the flour and add the tomato paste with the “bouquet garni” (mixed herbs)…
Where is my English world? I miss it! It was my English parenthesis, my English bubble in my French life. My English is getting worse and worse! Please, let’s my English world come back!
In the Confusables series, we talk about English words and expressions that are easily confused with one another because of similarities in spelling, pronunciation, and/or meaning. Punctuation marks may be more important than you think…
A few days ago I visited a world’s oldest art gallery: Cave of Niaux in Ariège (18500-10500 bc). It is a huge place, which has remained almost as in the Magdalenian period. Just some small paths were made for visitors. There are only 20 visitors per tour. We walk with a torch, in darkness, and … Continue Reading
Two weeks ago, with our daughter, we were in London for three days. Each of us chose a place to visit…
What is the difference between these sentences? …
In this post, Blandine tells us about how she suddenly decided to take part in the famous Maroilles race, the 20 kilometres of Maroilles. Not an easy race by any means, and to make it worse, she was not all that ready…
As we have a couple of days of vacation, I and my family decided to visit our relatives in Sanandj, the center of Kurdistan province. While we were there, we had to go to the countryside with a friend one afternoon. It is spring in north hemisphere and everywhere is green, a special light green … Continue Reading