Summer in the Garden: A July Literary Mood Board for Book Lovers

Sun-Drenched Pages and Slow Living

Sun-Drenched Pages and Slow Living

Let the Summer Ritual Begin Dear Diary, The first crickets have begun their serenade. For me, this is the song of summer — soft, steady, like the season exhaling into the night. I can only imagine the South of France…

Hello friends ! Welcome back to my little corner of Provence. After visiting the classics of French Provençal literature, and the beautiful Lubéron countryside (be sure to check out the previous video if you haven’t seen it already), today I’m…

Bienvenue en Provence ! Welcome friends, to my travel and reading log of this summer’s escape to the South of France, in what was for me, a dream come true. After 20 years of building the picture of this world…

Hello friends, and welcome to my latest travel from home ritual. It’s almost summer holiday season, and as always, I’m starting to feel impatient. The adventure calls, the poolside cocktails await, that is… not just yet. So while I wait…

I think of Italy and words just start to appear : Buonissimo… Auguri… Signorina… Buratta… Ciao ragazzi ! The melody of the Italian language always brings a smile to my face. But sometimes, I need a little more. I admit…

August in Paris means summer holiday ! Everything slows down, shops close for a few weeks, Parisians take refuge from the heat on the coastline or for the most fortunate ones in their summer homes in the countryside. This either…