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Month: April 2020

Pandemic Picture Project, Installment 2

April 30, 2020 / Claire Santoro / Leave a comment

Is it just me or are the days and weeks blending together like a creamy French velouté? Not just me? Okay, bon, then let's just acknowledge that I may have missed a week of my pandemic photo challenge sometime during April, so instead of titling this post "Pandemic Picture Project, Weeks 2 and 3 or … Continue reading Pandemic Picture Project, Installment 2

Earth Day

April 22, 2020April 21, 2020 / Claire Santoro / Leave a comment

Happy Earth Day! Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which makes this year extra special. Not to mention, the tragedy of the pandemic is making clear in real-time how environmental health is directly linked to human health. The best time to build ourselves a healthier, happier, and safer society was decades ago, but … Continue reading Earth Day

Another milestone

April 20, 2020 / Claire Santoro / Leave a comment

Over the past two weeks, Laurine and I have met twice for a French-English language exchange. This works well for both of us: for about 30 minutes, Laurine asks me hard-hitting questions in French (like, you know, what I do on a typical day), then we switch and for another 30 minutes I pepper her … Continue reading Another milestone

A milestone

April 14, 2020April 13, 2020 / Claire Santoro / 2 Comments

Over the weekend, Colin and I hit an important milestone in social-distancing: we rearranged our living room in a way that *only* makes sense for video chatting. The problem, you see, is that the only light in our living room comes from two sconces on the back wall, which makes it impossible to take video … Continue reading A milestone

Pandemic Picture Project, Week 1

April 10, 2020April 7, 2020 / Claire Santoro / 3 Comments

Over the past year, I've barely touched my camera. Life got busy, and I was never as inspired by the suburban St. Louis landscape as I was by central Paris (dunno why, they're pretty much the same). Photography was just one of those things that slid off my To Do list. Cue Pandemic, enter stage … Continue reading Pandemic Picture Project, Week 1

“I salute the effort you are going to make”

April 8, 2020April 19, 2020 / Claire Santoro / 1 Comment

In one of last week's posts, I alluded to the fact that I've continued - somewhat - my French language learning. The truth is, for a while I was très motivée. I even enrolled in an online course! Then in February I began to lose my focus, and then March-which-was-200-years-long happened, and now it's been … Continue reading “I salute the effort you are going to make”

What to do at Lake Como if you aren’t a billionaire

April 2, 2020April 1, 2020 / Claire Santoro / Leave a comment

*Note: This post is about a trip I took in September. No one should be traveling farther than their local grocery store right now.* After a week in Milan, Colin and I were both itching to get out of the city to someplace more scenic. In the interest of keeping things simple, we decided on … Continue reading What to do at Lake Como if you aren’t a billionaire

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