The madeleine Blog

Feb 96 min read

On Daughters, and Taylor Swift

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

Dec 20, 20235 min read

The Market Gifts

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...

Dec 8, 20236 min read

A Winter Treasure Hunt

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

Nov 23, 20234 min read

Thankful, in Paris

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...

Oct 18, 20234 min read

The Half Grape

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...

Oct 6, 20237 min read

From Summer to Fall, or Finding Home Again

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...

Jul 7, 20235 min read

A Different Kind of Fourth

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...

Jun 16, 20235 min read

Aqua Summer

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

Mar 24, 20235 min read

A Sicilian Orange

Photo Adobe Stock As the title of this post would not let anybody guess, I am back on this site after a 17-month hiatus. I am also back...