Peut Tetre

     My heart, mon coeur, is a bit fuller after Sunday's comments. How nice to get such special comments and encouragement to blog about anything. Lucette commented in French, giving me the opportunity to try to reply in my horrible remnants of the language that 40 years ago, while not fluent, was fairly capable. Maybe it's sparked a new passion not through duo lingo or the Facebook advertised three hour sales pitch guys, but to find local language classes. Peut tetre. 

     I think I shared that I spent the summer I was 18 in an exchange program and lived with a family in Solies Pont, France not too far from Toulon. I've long since lost contact with the family. They were frequent hosts and I bet they had dozens of foreign youth and young adults in their lives, too many to track. In fact, two English girls overlapped my stay by a few weeks. Somewhere I have faded pictures but did not do a good job saving or organizing after my parents home, to our first house, to this house, and the 35 years since. The pictures of the people, their gorgeous house with swimming pool, and their rose gardens (the family business) are in my head though. I'd like to see the village again. Peut tetre. 

     I seem to be saying maybe a lot these days. Maybe, saying maybe, in a different language will turn it into absolument. I can start getting a feel by adding some more French vloggers, or should I say expats that vlog in France, to my viewing. I watched a lot of Jay Swanson preparing for our 2018 trip to Paris. There was another vlogger who is no longer on YouTube called Non-Stop Paris. I'd like to see other parts of France too, like the areas of the lavender fields, and quaint villages, and the mountain areas that Anna describes in her blog. My comfort level navigating around with my broken few remaining phrases of French seems to be limiting me though; daunting to think about doing alone. Mais...peut tetre. 


Comments

  1. CelieFebruary 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM

    I think you can write about anything and it will be interesting. I'm still reading blogs though no longer daily (like yesterday), so I sometimes miss posts until I catch up. I'm also trying to sort a few things out in my life. Your posts are always a welcome read. I also want to brush up on a language I had been fluent in, Spanish, but have not kept up for decades. A local class would be ideal. I hope you find a good one for you French .

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  2. SandyFebruary 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM

    Gorgeous picture of the lavender. Spotted you on a mutual friends blog and thought I would pop in for a visit. It's always fun to meet new bloggers. I took a smattering of French in grade school; but didn't take to it. Then I took Spanish and that seemed a better fit; though it's been too many years. I have some vocabulary, but no real sentence structure in the way back portions of my brain. It's a shame you and your host family have lost touch, but it's nice you have those special memories. Hubby and I did a tour of France this past fall and really enjoyed the country.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2026 at 9:53 AM

    I am not fluent in French, (I WAS fluent in Latin at one time) but if you ever want to return to France, I will accompany you!
    -Meg B.

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