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12 août 2009

Flying rabbis

Marvellous! Good old Beeb! Flying rabbis fight swine flu Rabbis and Kabbalah mystics recite prayers to ward off swine flu A group of rabbis and Jewish mystics have taken to the skies over Israel, praying and blowing ceremonial horns in a plane to ward...

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12 août 2009

So sad she's retiring - a lovely lady and a

So sad she's retiring - a lovely lady and a fabulous career (though I still maintain she shouldn't have touched West Side Story!)... below from the Guardian dated today: Kiri Te Kanawa, opera's grand dame bows out Her role at the wedding of Charles and...

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15 septembre 2009

Offenbach and the Maison Dorée

Dear Everyone, Just back from a little tour of central Paris. I needed to go to the Madeleine for some shopping and en route, took some pix of 24, square Etienne Pernet here in the 15è (see post dated 13/09)...then off I went to Bd de la Madeleine. What...

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31 août 2009

70 years tomorrow...

Whilst I await my morning student, I am reading the Guardian as usual. Below, the 70th anniversary of WWII debate. 1st September, 1939. Like every war, this one shattered millions of lives. It was promised to be the war to end all wars...but wasn't. I...

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13 septembre 2009

24, square Etienne-Pernet

Dear Everyone, I'm thrilled! This afternoon, I found the answer to a long-term enigma: the name of the architect who built 24, place Etienne-Pernet. You know the one I mean? Right opposite the Félix Faure métro. A beautiful example of art nouveau. It's...

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4 septembre 2009

Nun of this and nun of that but a whole lot of gin

Long Island nun arraigned on charges of drunk driving after she crashes church van BY Henrick Karoliszyn AND Christina Boyle DAILY NEWS WRITERS Friday, September 4th 2009, 2:43 PM Barcelo for News Sister Lauren Hanley emerges from court after being arraigned...

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10 septembre 2009

Engraved in memory

In tribute to the thousands who lost their lives, those who gave them and a nation which bears the weight of grief from 11th September, 2001. John Fitzgerald Kennedy - “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price,...

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5 septembre 2009

On s'ra jamais vieux

Francesca Solleville ...click to hear "T'as pas cent balles", lyrics by Allain Leprest. Do check out her website , too, while you're here - info, fabulous biography and discography in both CD and vinyl available on-line ("Donnez moi la phrase", "On s'ra...

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17 septembre 2009

Whatever happened to Marie Therese of France?

Have you ever wondered what happened to Marie Antoinette's children? I was thinking about it the other day when I found a book, quite by chance, about her daughter Marie Therese (otherwise known as Charlotte) in a second hand book shop. Ten-year old Louis,...

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30 novembre 2008

Napoleon III and Queen Victoria

Well, I never knew that Queen Vic was friends with that nasty chap Napoleon III... Napoleon III and the Queen Victoria Napoléon III et la reine Victoria. Une visite à l’Exposition Universelle de 1855. Compiègne, Musée national du Château, from 4 October...

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8 décembre 2008

Happy Hanukkah a little in advance

Please, please take a look at this http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/audio/2008/dec/05/sounds-jewish-barack-obama and tell me if you think it's a joke or not, especially the Dreidel song complete with video (click on it) at the end of the...

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2 décembre 2008

Courage

The Second World War has always fascinated and captivated me far more than any other period, but why, I can't tell you as I love all history. This dreadful time however has me hanging on, begging for more stories, more tales, more insight into what on...

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11 décembre 2008

Update

Dear Everyone, I don't have much to report, hence no update for a while. Life in Paris chugs along just the same apart from a superb concert at St. Roch Friday night - the Verdi Requiem given by the PCS and La Toison d'Art. Beautiful music in such superb...

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17 janvier 2009

A reminder...

Zimbabwe unveils $100 trillion bank note Fri Jan 16, 7:50 am ET AFP/File – A shopper purchases tomatoes in Harare. Zimbabwe will introduce a 100 trillion dollar note, in its latest … HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwe unveiled a 100 trillion dollar note Friday in...

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28 décembre 2008

Yale and British Art Museum, New Haven

Oh my word...Nicole told me there was an excellent gallery of British art in New Haven, but I must confess I hadn't imagined anything like what she took me to see today. It's not that I hadn't believed her. I just hadn't entertained the possibility of...

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11 janvier 2009

Vicky, Empress Frederick

http://www.geocities.com/jesusib/Vicky_biog.html Queen Victoria of England has been the subject of several fine biographies; however, her equally interesting favourite daughter, "Vicky," whose tragic fate was to be the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm, who led...

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18 janvier 2009

Highgate, London

Cheryl mentioned the Highgate Vampire in an e-mail this evening, and frankly, I'd never heard of it...better google fast. Highgate is the Bellu of London and considered by many to be the finest of London's 'Magnificent Seven' Cemeteries for its Victorian...

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10 mars 2009

Roumanian Mucenici

La Multi Ani for all those without a saint's name day to celebrate - today it's our turn! Ha! Mucenici, of course! I didn't know what it was until my Nicole told me she'd been making them, showing how she would wrap the pastry strips around her finger...

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7 février 2009

Great News!

Dear Everyone, It's always lovely to be able to share some GOOD news with you...and what better than the arrival of a baby! On Sunday 1st February at 11h45, Luca (3.4 kg and pictured right at five days old)) was born to Sasha and Florin in Sacele, near...

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14 février 2009

Happy Valentines Day!

So, what's it all about, this Valentine stuff then? Had to go find out from whence comes all this hearts and flowers commercial phenomena. The history of Valentine's Day — and its patron saint — is shrouded in mystery (thought it might be....). It is...

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10 octobre 2008

Calling all music fans!

A CONCERT of classical and variety music will be taking place on Friday 7th November at: The Roumanian Orthodox Church, 9 bis , rue Jean de Beauvais, 75005 Paris (Métro Maubert-Mutualité) at 20h for the benefit of our association Enfants de Roumanie and...

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11 octobre 2008

Can I donate?

Yes, Little Me, you can donate! Please do! Very good question. You can either send me a cheque made out to Enfants de Roumanie and I'll forward it, or directly to Maité Elissondo, our President, at Enfants de Roumanie, 1, rue de la Rhune, 64500 St. Jean...

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1 octobre 2008

So far this week...

Dear Everyone, Wednesday's been and gone already. At last time is starting to fly. Not long til November and believe me, I'm counting the days! Here, things are busy as usual. I have an evening in with the cats for a change and my Eastenders dvds (catching...

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12 octobre 2008

Mia casa, tua casa...

On Yahoo News... PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim,...

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22 octobre 2008

Update

Dear Everyone, It's been so long since I wrote that I can't remember what I've done in order to get you up to speed! Work has been busy as usual, and organising the concert for 7th November is taking up a lot of time. Everyone has been wonderful however....

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