Belle, Book, and Candle

In honor of the Fourth of July, our national holiday celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, I read such doc...

I spent a week in Paris in September 2010 and then went off to spend a week in Florence and a week in Tuscany, Italy. Since I am still not...

My trip to Paris has been delayed because I am caught up in reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt. It i...

Un petit   cafe , s'il vous plait ! Temperature in Paris: 64 degrees Temperature chez moi : 100 degrees Bonjour and welcome to P...

Here is the June recap: Books read: 8 Books started and not finished: 3 -  Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt; Eye of the God by Ariel Alliso...

Last night journalist and author Gail Collins spoke to a full, full house at a program put on by the public library. This was part of he...

Gail Collins It is 102 degrees at six o'clock in the evening. A bit of a heat wave. Heat or not, I am on my way to listen to Gail ...