I love this city! Even in drizzly and cold November, everything about it appeals. Aesthetically, both olden traditions and the latest design trends, are everywhere to enjoy. I was amazed that, within the city centre, every nook and cranny was...

Family ties pulled me northward for a week in the land of Beatrix Potter and the Wind in the Willows. My great niece and nephew needed someone to walk with them to and from school—2 1/2 miles each way—and watch...

Before moving to France, I lived in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area. The best thing about California was there before any humans showed up. Even so, I was inspired by the semi-natural landscapes created by the very important agricultural...

Every village in the south of France has at least one terrain de pétanques, a carefully calibrated patch of ground tamped down not too hard and not too soft, usually situated beneath a group of plane trees (pruned in the...

It's taken me a while to get this post together—had to set up my scanner in my new place, not to mention finish the coloriages! Martine Chabas, a fellow artiste and someone who knows her way around Morocco, planned a "Stage...