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Happy Jāņi ! Today is the Latvian name day of J ānis and Žanis. The name day tradition is celebrated in many countries, Latvia and France ...

The Kalamazoo grandmother’s visit was over in the blink of an eye. She arrived not long after we returned from our Amsterdam trip , but u...

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years as Monarch this year, and this weekend was the Diamond Jubilee marking six decades of her reign. Sh...

On a different topic from the recent posts about our trip to the Benelux countries, I would like to tell you about a little party we had in...

Recently I got my chance to see the inside of the Hôtel Fontfreyde here in Clermont-Ferrand . While I’ve lived here I pass by quite often, ...

I did what I thought necessary upon hearing my husband would be taking a four day business trip leaving me alone with the two boys... I cal...

Our travels in the south of France and Italy introduced us to some world-famous Roman ruins. I recently discovered that Clermont-Ferrand ...

The temperatures have warmed some, but the wind still has the potential to force us indoors, as we found on our last excursion here in Clerm...

The past two weeks have been colder than usual here in France . Lows in the negative teens (about 0 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) in Clermont-Fe...

HUGE weekend. In no particular order. First, the Superbowl . Friends in Indiana have been reporting on the mass craziness in Indianapol...

It was a rare occurrence that I was the lone customer in the bakery on Saturday morning. Without the long line of people impatient for thei...

Roberts’s name day comes right on the heels of his birthday, and we celebrated with a trip to Parc Montjuzet , the 65-acre hilltop park vis...

This was the first Christmas I have ever spent away from the Midwest; for the last 29 years I have spent Christmas Eve at my grandmother’s ...

The Latvian Christmas carol “ Dedziniet gaišu guni, laidiet Dievu istabā: Dieviņš brauca par kalniņu sudrabotu mētelīti ,” counsels everyon...