“Vos papiers,” he says, asking for my identification papers. I yank on the parking brake and switch off the ignition. I reach for my bag and begin to search for my passport. I can’t find it. I also can’t imagine why he’s stopped me at the edge of this off-ramp. I’ve just navigated the narrowest [...]
Heralded Historian Talks Guillotine and Bastille Day
July 14, 2012 by 2 Comments
14 July 2012, Just In. Reports are coming in of an unplanned encounter between vacationing journalist, Lola La Chaussure, and heralded historian, Docteur Louis LeBrun of La Sorbonne. The impromptu meeting allegedly took place just hours ago in the Café de Paris on Las Olas Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wherein the two struck up [...]
Found Letter to a Lost Lover
May 19, 2012 by 9 Comments
Love letter never mailed. Jean-Marc (Number 1). February 1988
Sexualité américaine, Politique de la Droite, et Disponibilité de Canards Vibrants
March 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
Objet de désir ? A vous de décider… (Humour)
Learn Passé Composé. Yes You Can!
February 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
Vous faut-il améliorer votre grammaire ? Vous voulez bien une petite révision animée du passé composé, grâce à Go!Animate ? Et il faut bien un peu de politique en même temps, n’est-ce pas ? Et votre verbe auxiliaire – être ou avoir – Républicain ou Démocrate ? D’un côté ou de l’autre, vous vous faites [...]
Calling Home
February 5, 2012 by 15 Comments
I’m at a red light, in Friday rush hour traffic. It’s a ridiculous time of day to be out and I know it. But here I am, fidgeting, sitting without moving. And the cell in the passenger seat rings. I answer, pushing speaker phone. “Hi Mom,” he says. I’d been hoping he’d call home. He’s [...]
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
September 25, 2011 by 14 Comments
No matter what the time, the place, the circumstances, generally, it’s good for what ails you. Laughter. Seriously! It can’t hurt, right? Except maybe after a C-section or hernia repair. After all, there’s nothing quite like side-splitting, gut busting, uproarious letting loose. I say again: Laughter! Or maybe you prefer a tiny titter from Twitter?
Vivacious (Or How to Stay Young and Mischievous)
May 24, 2011 by 6 Comments
French version / version française © D A Wolf How do you say “tongue in cheek” in French? He ignores me. He types next to me. He’s concentrating on his work, but he reaches his hand over to my knee. Must I ask again? “I don’t know how to translate that,” he says, looking at [...]
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