Stay at home guilty pleasures
It goes without saying that working from home is very different to going into the office. One advantage is that I wake up after 8am and no longer 6am - which means more sleep and 'un reveil en douceur'! More broadly,
Touch has a memory
New measures announced today: no beaches open, no cafes and no bars operational until 2 June. That got me thinking about a sense that is suffering a lot during this pandemic: touch. I will miss the start of the roasting season
Thankful TCK
There is no doubt that growing up as a TCK, changing worlds/language/school/culture has had a great impact on who I am as a person and has sometimes exacerbated my indecisiveness about choosing a home. But what I have gained in the
Perfume my world
In 'Senses and memories' I wrote about how the taste of a tartelette aux framboises reminds me of my exchange year in Strasbourg (France) and a specific feeling of fulfilment and happiness. Smell is another sense that has a particular effect of
La vie en rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feNVUwQA8U 'La vie en rose' - French expression that may have originated in the XVII century and which links to the colour pink, as a symbol of happiness. La vie en rose is then a way of saying that someone is
Sensory overload
I had a day off today so I went on my allowed 1h walk per day, 1 km around the house. As I strolled down the Avenue Victor Hugo, I decided to turn off the music I was listening to and be
Language matters
English is the language that I studied in at university, that I work in, that I now write my thoughts and memories in. Although it's the language that I seem most familiar and comfortable with, there have been times in my
Senses and memories
We all have 5 senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. I want to talk about one of them: taste. Maybe because I am a true epicurienne, I search for pleasure in my life in many ways, including eating. I enjoy