The Heart of France
Reposted from August 2016 A memory from August 15th, 2014: “Paris, City of the Goddess… This morning in our courtyard I could hear bells ringing everywhere for a long time, the way it must have been...
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(Glass walkway and trampoline under the dome at Galeries Lafayette, this week) Horrendous world news… What to do? Vote, donate, vote with our spending, listen, support any way we can and keep looking...
View ArticleHappy Mothers Day
Thank you everyone for your warm reactions to my Return to Russia story on Facebook and Instagram, May 1st to May 8th. http://www.facebook.com/aliss.terrell http://www.instagram.com/aliss.terrell This...
View ArticleSoulgasm
Finding myself Above the Baltic Between Saint Petersburg and Paris Where is the sky Where is the sea Imagined arms in first position A ballet beginner Embracing a ball of light: I’m not a nationality...
View ArticleUPDATE: Margaritas at Midnight, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, U.K.
Margaritas @ Midnight was screened on Thursday May 30th at 12:20: http://carmarthenbayfilmfestival.org Moved mountains to get there, but who knew Paris-Wales travel could be so long, complicated, and...
View ArticleSummer Margarita Playlist
Check out my summer Margarita playlist, suggest additions or corrections, and/or comment 🙂 And let me know if the link works… Cheers! xxxxxxxx Aliss
View ArticleWhen in existential doubt, look at pastry
It was a toxic afternoon: a lunch date gone terribly wrong, a miscommunication with a friend, a big tech glitch, all this after a hectic end of spring, beginning of summer, heat waves coming and going,...
View ArticleSummer Reset
Minnewaska What I look for in summer, refilling my inner lake… Time with family and friends, time in between without appointments of any kind, let my thoughts wander, let ideas come to the surface, let...
View ArticleHow to Be an Effective Earthling
My first publication on Medium.com, an expansion of themes close to my heart: To keep reading, here’s the link: http://medium.com/live-your-life-on-purpose/how-to-be-an-effective-earthling-b08f9696e9f2...
View ArticleHow to Give Your Child (and Yourself) Magic Silver Slippers (and other placebos)
New publication on Medium.com http://medium.com/@alissvalerieterrell View at Medium.com Enjoy!
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You, Darkness
Flame on a December morning: You, Darkness Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated from the German by Robert Bly You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for...
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How to make Christmas last forever (or at least until the end of January…)
This is a post from a previous Christmas, just as relevant now ” This year’s darkness hasn’t been due to the weather but many other things… “As a native of more southerly latitudes, I had to learn to...
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New Year’s How To
The media and my inbox are full of New Year’s How To’s. Mine is just two questions and two pictures. 1) What did you love about 2019? I loved completing and publishing Margaritas at Midnight, my first...
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How to make sunshine
My Mama Ruth’s recipe for quiche lorraine to brighten up gray, chaotic Paris! (She just told me her mother, Roxie, brought this back from France!) The crust There are lots of great ready-made versions...
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Collector’s CD
Shameless self-promotion! Excellent news! My latest release Margaritas at Midnight is available as an audio CD and when you buy it, the musicians and I get most of the money! When you stream the song...
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Life Inside Paris Lockdown
My world now, my Paris courtyard Day 4: After the initial shutdown shocks, then euphoric determination to make the best of confinement for the common good…Ups and downs. Reality started setting in...
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Paris Lockdown: Resilience
My world has become both smaller and larger, close ups magnify: butterfly on wild strawberry and magnolia leaves in my courtyard Day 6 (I think): Fear keeps rearing its ugly head. Worst case scenarios...
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Paris Lockdown: Inner Fire then Fun
Some are enjoying this (Photo by Lewis Primo) Day 8 (I think): France just announced 8 more weeks of confinement. When this is all over, it’ll be interesting to compare notes. Was it harder to be shut...
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Paris Lockdown: Grief and Grace
This bouquet is still beautiful more than two weeks after I bought it at Fioretti 18 avenue Secretan, Paris 19, specialist in fresh, sustainable local flowers. I hope the shop survives confinement....
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Paris Lockdown: Today I sponsored a goat
Day 18 (I think?) In my last post I mentioned that a neighbor was hospitalized with COVID-19, on a ventilator and recovering. He passed away suddenly on Friday and all of us in the building are...
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