Um, yeah...

So about my gratitude blog...I haven't forgotten it, abandoned it, or gotten bored with it. It's just that I STILL DON'T HAVE INTERNET AT HOME!!! Or a home telephone or television. I'm using a public internet network right now, but it isn't ideal. France Telecom is coming on Wednesday, and they are supposed to install a phone line so that 48 hours later, I can be back in business. If you happen to have any good juju you can send my way, please consider doing so.

I really have missed coming here, and I am looking forward to getting back to it on a regular basis. So, let's get down to gratitude. I am grateful for this blog and its patient heart...it was just sitting here waiting for me. Nice. I'm also grateful for SPRING which has come to Paris! We got off easy this year--except for two weeks of Siberian weather, we had a mild winter. Count me as super-grateful for that too!

I'm also grateful that Duke lost...to LeHigh...early and embarrassingly in the NCAA tourney!  (Sorry Duke fans, but that is good stuff, even in Paris.)

So what about you? It has been AGES since I've heard about you and what you're grateful for, so if you care to share, I'd love to know. Hope all is well!

p.s...here's a pic of a gorgeous birdie (taken at the Salon d'Agriculture last month). Isn't he somethin'? I love his black and white feathers and his use of red to accent the ensemble. He really is one snazzy dresser.

bisous!