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Without Googling (or AI'ing) Marguérite, can you guess which king she was married to? Hint: he's the most popular king of France ever....

Note: don't go between 12-2pm They're closed for lunch! Always check website of call ahead in France. The first Sunday in France, many...

I’m a tad embarrassed to admit I hadn’t been to the Louvre in years. It’s overwhelming. Always packed. Give me the Musée d’Orsay any day....

Thank heavens for pop music. Yesterday, Nov. 6, the day after the US Election, two songs kept me going: There's Got To Be A Morning...

Sometimes, we're so fixated on making big waves, we forget how important the ripples can be. When I was making my play Unsung ( Inconnue...

Me and Freddy (aka Alfred) Cook - the very first presentation after my residency. I've just finished the summer presentations of my...

French actors Patrick Grenouilleau (Henry), Catherine Long (Marie) and Me (Writer) As I started getting my show "Unsung/Inconnue" ready...

"Marie's Theme' - music by Frederick Delius, words and vocal by Me. I just recorded one of my songs (and me singing/playing it) -- at the...

Today - THREE B'S ! WHAT ARE THEY? READ ON. I was delighted to discover THREE wonders in my temporary neighborhood. Two I knew already....

Who knew Paris has its own High Line? That's the fabulous garden planted on top of an abandoned train line in NYC's Chelsea. I'm...

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw there was a new art museum in Mougins that was women - women- nothin' but women! Artists, that is....

What fun stuff are you denying yourself?? CAN YOU STOP THAT – AND START TO PLAY MORE? Yesterday morning, I was fed up. (Are You Fed Up...

The bouncing baby play I conceived at an artists residency in March was born last Friday, July 19. Woohoo! "It's one hour of insights...

I was thrilled when the folks at the Château de La Napoule decided that this summer, they’d offer visitors “UNSUNG,” the play+guided tour...

RECAP - March 23, 2024 I have one week left in my month-long artists’ residency at La Napoule. I have written only 1/3 of the...

I've been so focused on the Major Dramatic Question (MDQ) of the play I'm writing at La Napoule - WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? -that I've...

RECAP For my month-long artists’ residency at le Château de La Napoule, I’ve made a vow: To finish a first draft of a visite théâtralisée...

PROLOGUE For getting a ton of work done, I've found there is nothing better than an artists’ residency. You focus on only one thing: the...

Dateline Monday, March 18 - Happy Belated Saint Paddy's Day! Who knew a small town in the south of France (La Napoule) would have such a...

Mama and Papa Maeght - founders of the Fondation Maeght - were devastated when they lost their youngest son, Bernard, to leukemia at age...