The madeleine Blog

I don’t know if it’s because I skipped two weeks of blogging while my children were on vacation, but I am feeling really slow these days....

(Photo Adobe Stock) I thought we would all appreciate a little lightness over here, after some rather gloomy material this past month. My...

I am very sorry to report that despite my best efforts and intentions, January is not through with me yet. I guess today is the 31st, and...

I am not sure the January curse has completely run its course in our home yet. There is no denying that we have been experiencing some...

Well, hello, hello, and Happy New Year to all! Here is to hoping that things will get better on the world front, at least. As far as the...

We are now on the final stretch before Christmas, and as I anticipated, my cheerful holiday mood did not quite make it past the one-week...

I was running out of ideas for my upcoming posts, despite the holiday season that should find me building gingerbread houses with a...

And here we go again. Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we are now face-to-face with December, aka the Christmas tunnel for those who...

Just popping in here to honor the day. You will be glad to know that it is already night time here in France and that I am exhausted...

And just like that, another three weeks went by, and I missed not one, but three Thursday posts. It wasn’t for lack of motivation, at...

I should have known, as soon as I hit “publish” on my pumpkin soup post last week, that my sweet, sepia-colored picture of Autumn...

Friday is always Soup Day at my house. This is one of the handful of routines I have been able to maintain over the years, since my older...

I would never have imagined writing two consecutive posts about figs. I enjoy figs, don’t get me wrong. But not the way I gobble up plump...

It hit me suddenly yesterday. The whole New York and America thing. It was the last day of school for my boys and as a surprise, their...

I think the hardest thing for me to deal with as a parent is just STUFF. I mean just THINGS, material physical objects - toys, clothes,...

Photo @madeleinediaries Last summer, seemingly overnight, my daughter became a teenager, and I was not prepared. Sure, there had been a...

Photo @madeleinediaries Today I am beginning what I hope will end up being a consistent series, and a new category on my website - a...

Photo Adobe Stock I haven’t done much cooking lately and haven’t felt much of an urge to cook either. Somehow days and evenings go by and...

Photo NY Times I don’t know if you have noticed, but I am writing this post a mere three days after my last ridiculously late post about...

I realize the title of this post sounds a little too assertive and over-confident, but this is something I actually feel pretty confident...