You Don’t Own Me in English and French

“You Don’t Own Me” PSA – Upworthy from The Department of Peace on Vimeo.   “You Don’t Own Me” You don’t own meI’m not just one of your many toysYou don’t own meDon’t say I can’t go with other...

Green Hands – Gardening in France

Talented French gardeners are said to have ‘green hands’ (la main verte). In England, accomplished gardeners have ‘green fingers’.  Apparently the term ‘green thumb’ is US-based but did not become common usage until about the...

Your Period in Paris

You thought you packed everything you need for your trip to Paris until BOOM, you get your period unexpectedly. Then you notice there are no tampon or pad dispensers in the public bathrooms. Aha! Another opportunity for learning le quotidien French…. the...

Speaking French

Learning French as a second language when you’re an adult presents unique challenges. Perhaps you’ve been successful in a field that required memorization of an enormous amount of material. You can memorize long lists of French vocabulary words and verb...