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Recent Posts

  • 2020: The Ups and Downs, a New Year’s Eve Invitation, and Wedding Photos!
  • Q&A: Jill McCorkle on dolls, dollhouses, tiny objects and what they have to do with writing and life
  • How My French Work Exchange Journey Led to a New Life and Love
  • Chapter 1 of Zerk ‘Em and Pull the Push Rods: A Wry Squint at Aviation in the Mid-20th Century
  • The Tale of the Squirrel-proof Bird Feeder

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2020: The Ups and Downs, a New Year’s Eve Invitation, and Wedding Photos!

December 17, 2020 by Jo Maeder 2 Comments

A Year Like No Other How many times in 2020 did you say: “What a year!” I hope you didn’t lose a loved one to Covid-19 or meet with financial ruin. Surely, someone reading this has and you have my deepest sympathies. Please keep reading. I have something to invite you to at the end that might be […]

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Filed Under: Birds, Grief, Love, Pandemic, Travel Tagged With: Love, pandemic, Planner5D, reset, Travel, what matters

How My French Work Exchange Journey Led to a New Life and Love

February 12, 2020 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

Hotel de Cours de Thomazeau in Castillonnes, France. A few years ago I stumbled on the blog Enjoy Living Abroad and began a vicarious journey through Karen McCann and her husband Rich. In 2004, these intrepid Americans decided to live one year in Seville. They’re still there. If you’ve ever dreamed of living abroad or […]

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Filed Under: Author Q&A, Blog, Travel Tagged With: cultural exchange, France, HelpX, travel with a purpose, traveling solo, work exchange

Q&A: Teresa Engebretsen, the Sabbatical Chef, on How to Speak French and Indulge Your Inner Francophile

April 27, 2014 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

Teresa Engebretsen has been teaching French to middle school students at Durham Academy in Durham, NC, for over 30 years. Often she takes her students on field trips to France. Her blog The Sabbatical Chef began when she took a sabbatical from teaching in 2008, lived in Arles, and worked with a French chef. It’s […]

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Filed Under: Author Q&A, Cooking/recipes, Entertaining, Love, Travel Tagged With: Francophile, French cuisine, Learning French or any language, Opposites Attack, Travel

SUMMER DIVERSIONS AND WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT “OPPOSITES ATTACK”

July 7, 2013 by Jo Maeder 2 Comments

Hi there. It’s been a busy summer as I part with more of my mom’s dolls (always bittersweet), write, and try out recipes from OPPOSITES ATTACK for a future cookbook. When the latter will become a reality is unknown but it’s given me a great excuse to cook new things and see friends I usually […]

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Filed Under: Cooking/recipes, Travel

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