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Six Paris Letters, a health update, and the latest French postage stamps
The ol’ critical illness mentioned in the last post garnered so many kind comments. Thanks Reader. You’re the best. I feel I’m nearly in the clear… just a slew of hospital appointments until Christmas,...
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Paris in Autumn: 50 Shades of Yellow
Why are autumn people so very obsessed with autumn? They start wearing corduroys and big orange scarves, they wax poetic about chai tea, they display a cornucopia of gourds on their front porch, and...
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Pumpkin Pie Paris
One thing Parisians are not… they are not cinnamon people. They veer toward almond. They are a marzipan people. For this reason alone, I can never ever really pull off being French. My shrieks of glee...
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Marie Curie, Armistice Day, a Paris Letter, and if books could talk
As we approach the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, I’ve got Marie Curie on my mind. I love this little book that writes her story so beautifully. Her discoveries made it possible to take X-rays...
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Note cards, Nurturing and 96 Paris Letters
If you’ve been hanging around this blog for a few years, you likely remember that I post about my annual Nurture Project. With this project I pick one person who could use a little extra love and...
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Paris Letter Christmas Blues and Yellows… especially yellows
This is the latest Paris Letter. Ah the rooftops of Paris at night with the glorious Eiffel Tower sparkling bright. One could argue that the Eiffel Tower is the ultimate ornament. I listed this latest...
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Paris Lettering is my birthday pressie to self
Today is my birthday. I’m celebrating with 20% off at my shop this week. If you didn’t get a Paris Letter under the tree, go get yourself a little pressie now. I call it my “Glad I’m not dead” deal of...
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Paris in the Pantone Color of the Year 2019: Living Coral
Pantone released its 2019 Color of the Year: Living Coral Pantone releases a color each year. During that year designers from all genres include the hue in their work. Who was on trend before her time?...
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Mixed emotions about the Yellow Vests and that pesky Arc de Triomphe
Creating the Paris Letter for this month was tricky. First, I wanted it to feature the Arc de Triomphe, which has been circumnavigated by the Yellow Vest protesters for a couple months (and counting?)....
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Macaron note cards and sweet obsessions
The problem with writing each day in a journal is that some ideas keep popping up. Sometimes these ideas pop up for years and won’t let you go. This is the case with my new macaron note cards now,...
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Paris in Blue, Red and Brown
In one pivot over by the Seine I spotted a great little colour combination. It was quiet and still… remarkable for all the buzz one usually finds along the Seine. Imagine being a bookseller along the...
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Original Art: A love affair with collage and Paris
I’ve been sorting through piles of papers. Not as much joy as one expects after watching Marie Kondo’s Netflix series. Paper piles can be such jerks. They require time and energy to sort through, and...
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February Paris Letter: Signs, signs everywhere signs
This February Letter is all about those ornate signs swaying in the breeze above our heads in Paris. Why oh why doesn’t the rest of the world make pretty ornate signs? Why oh why must we Helvetica...
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Airmail Note Cards. Why did that take so long?
These long winter days have me dreaming up note card designs. This week I’m full of wanderlust, fantasizing about warm summer days in far off locales, hence the new airmail note cards. Now listed in...
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Paris Letter #99 Art Lessons from Karl Lagerfeld
With the recent passing of Karl Lagerfeld, the creative head honcho behind Chanel, I found myself binge watching documentaries about him on YouTube. At first, I was going to list a bunch of poignant...
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Italian postcards, lemons and lovers
A postcard falls out of a notebook. There’s the restaurant where I ate clams in linguini, and the bar where he, and they, sized us up and paired themselves up with this week’s crop of tourists. We all...
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Notre Dame: So many photos
It’s happened too often. Christophe arrives home. I say, “Did you hear about… Paris?” He looks at me and almost visibly withers. “What now?” I tell him. “Gone?” “Don’t know. Still on fire.” And since...
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Hemingway: A Moveable Feast (of book covers)
I’ve been collecting old copies of Paris-themed books for my new collages. I’m having SO MUCH FUN reading these old paper treasures. I particularly love reading what others before me have underlined....
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Book Signings: What does an author do before the event?
I used to imagine what an author got up to before a book signing. The night before there would be a gala. Photos. Nylons. Shiny faces. Polite nods from the author while people gush. In the hours...
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The June Paris Letter and a disdain for white asparagus
Paris markets are showing off their spring veggies. Most of the time I gasp with glee when I see the mounds of radishes and cherries. But then this jerk comes along: White asparagus is just regular...
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