InCrow’s Feet: Life As We AgebyJanice MacdonaldAfter My Heart Attack Scare, I Decided To Try MeditationHere’s how the first day wentFeb 29, 202420Feb 29, 202420
InGlobetrottersbyJanice MacdonaldAfter Years In A Foreign Country, Some Ex-Pats Say They Just Want To Go Home AgainBut what does home mean?Aug 22, 202374Aug 22, 202374
InThe Narrative ArcbyJanice MacdonaldWe Know Life Can Change In An InstantTaking it to heart is something elseAug 10, 202359Aug 10, 202359
InCrow’s Feet: Life As We AgebyJanice MacdonaldI Prefer Memoirs, but the Novel I’m Reading Feels a Lot Like My Life at the MomentOh, the pain of the long-suffering and martyred, in fiction as in real lifeJun 7, 202320Jun 7, 202320
InThe Narrative ArcbyJanice MacdonaldWe Were Born Eight Decades Ago, In Neighbouring TownsBut our lives took very different directions before we finally metMay 25, 202360May 25, 202360
InThe Narrative ArcbyJanice MacdonaldI Think I Understand Why I’m Bad at RelationshipsAnd I’m not thrilled with what it says about meMay 8, 202334May 8, 202334
InILLUMINATIONbyJanice MacdonaldI Grew Up In The Shadow of WW2; Fear of Another War Haunted My Childhood. Now, As Air Raid Sirens SWill peace always remain a distant dream?Feb 24, 20229Feb 24, 20229
InPicture ThisbyJanice MacdonaldThe Race is on. Who Will Solve the Problem First? My Great Granddaughter Ellie, 9 months?Or my daughter’s three year old dog, Odie?Mar 14, 202310Mar 14, 202310
InThe Daily Cuppa GrandebyJanice MacdonaldWhile I Was Back in the States, My Village Emptied its Collective AtticSo I missed the chance to buy six silver plated forks, three dresses I’ll never wear & a partridge in a pear treeApr 19, 202324Apr 19, 202324
InThe Narrative ArcbyJanice MacdonaldIt’s Been Ten Years Since I Decided To Move To France — Was it a Good Decision?For answers, I look back at the first year when everything felt like an adventureApr 26, 202318Apr 26, 202318
InCrow’s Feet: Life As We AgebyJanice MacdonaldWhen Did Taking Care of Your Skin Require a Scientific Background?Maybe I’m showing my age, but staving off wrinkles is getting increasingly complicatedApr 14, 202312Apr 14, 202312
InPicture ThisbyJanice MacdonaldI Boarded a Plane in Seattle, Stepped off in ParisBack on Another Plane Then, Finally, Stepped off in Barcelona . . .Mar 31, 202319Mar 31, 202319
InPicture ThisbyJanice MacdonaldGoodbyes are poignant, travel exhausting and reunions joyful.And then there’s the warm glow of memoriesMar 27, 20239Mar 27, 20239
InGlobetrottersbyJanice MacdonaldThe Longest Tuesday I’ve Ever Spentlasted 33 hours and took place in three countriesMar 3, 202322Mar 3, 202322
InCrow’s Feet: Life As We AgebyJanice MacdonaldWaiting in the Rain for the Whidbey Island Ferry. . .and thinking about life in the Land of Old AgeMar 11, 202329Mar 11, 202329
InFrance Is A Foreign CountrybyJanice MacdonaldWhy Do We Believe The Grass Is Always Greener Somewhere Else?Or why do I think this house is the key to happiness?Feb 13, 202313Feb 13, 202313
InFrance Is A Foreign CountrybyJanice MacdonaldNatural Drift Says A Lot About How We Make Major DecisionsI’d never heard of it until todayFeb 8, 202311Feb 8, 202311
InFrance Is A Foreign CountrybyJanice MacdonaldMy Search For Awe Has Stalled, I’m Back To Cycling Through The Six Basic Human EmotionsAnd it’s all Medium’s fault . . .Jan 9, 202315Jan 9, 202315
InFrance Is A Foreign CountrybyJanice MacdonaldYesterday, I Wrote About Finding Awe In Everyday LifeToday, I tried putting it to further practiceJan 5, 202310Jan 5, 202310
InFrance Is A Foreign CountrybyJanice MacdonaldVirginia Woolf Called This Village “A Little Paradise.” Mistral Compared It To Paris.I wanted to see the CalanquesJan 6, 20235Jan 6, 20235
