Tag: #Fandango

I Bought the Books – But They Didn’t Sell a Dictionary

I wanted “some light reading” in French for the holidays in France. I enjoyed browsing the library in Bourg-en-Bresse and I particularly enjoyed the personal notes pinned on the books by the staff. I ended up with a book, actually two books, and I managed to do some reading while in France.

When I read in English or German, I just read. When I read in French, I translate in my head. Not quite-so-light.

FOWC with Fandango: Translate

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Whaddayawant?!

I suspect that this spider monkey has naturally a resting bitch face but boy! does he look cantankerous. Would you like to pick a quarrel with him?

(I actually don’t know if it is a he or she – they are apparently difficult to distinguish from each other – but it seems wrong to call it an “it”.)

Double-dipping for FOWC with Fandango: Quarrel and

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Cantankerous

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None.

Inhibitions, that is. FOWC with Fandango: Inhibitions Now for the fiction to go with the photos: Chase, Nick, and Gad, three sparrow brothers born in the same nest only this spring, were used to hanging around the bakery. The pickings were good – if the … Continue reading None.

Native

I climbed up this tower, surveyed the surroundings, and contemplated my relation to this land. For FOWC with Fandango: Survey and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Contemplation