The madeleine Blog

And here we go again. Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we are now face-to-face with December, aka the Christmas tunnel for those who...

Just popping in here to honor the day. You will be glad to know that it is already night time here in France and that I am exhausted...

And just like that, another three weeks went by, and I missed not one, but three Thursday posts. It wasn’t for lack of motivation, at...

Writing my piece about Friday night chaos at our house the other day, didn’t feel right once I hit the “publish” button. I have been on...

I should have known, as soon as I hit “publish” on my pumpkin soup post last week, that my sweet, sepia-colored picture of Autumn...

Friday is always Soup Day at my house. This is one of the handful of routines I have been able to maintain over the years, since my older...

I would never have imagined writing two consecutive posts about figs. I enjoy figs, don’t get me wrong. But not the way I gobble up plump...

So here we go, I guess. The back-to-school thing. We did it, I think. Although no one will say that it was easy. But as if by magic,...

It hit me suddenly yesterday. The whole New York and America thing. It was the last day of school for my boys and as a surprise, their...

I think the hardest thing for me to deal with as a parent is just STUFF. I mean just THINGS, material physical objects - toys, clothes,...

Photo @madeleinediaries Last summer, seemingly overnight, my daughter became a teenager, and I was not prepared. Sure, there had been a...

Photo @madeleinediaries Today I am beginning what I hope will end up being a consistent series, and a new category on my website - a...

Photo Adobe Stock As the title of this post would not let anybody guess, I am back on this site after a 17-month hiatus. I am also back...

Photo Adobe Stock I haven’t done much cooking lately and haven’t felt much of an urge to cook either. Somehow days and evenings go by and...

Photo NY Times I don’t know if you have noticed, but I am writing this post a mere three days after my last ridiculously late post about...

I’m not sure Halloween still qualifies as back-to-school time. In fact, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t, and I for one feel like we have been...

I realize the title of this post sounds a little too assertive and over-confident, but this is something I actually feel pretty confident...

Photo @madeleine diaries Last week, maybe as a way of making our upcoming California trip feel closer while I remained trapped in New...

Photo @madeleine diaries I have been back in the city heat after a welcome long weekend, which was decided at the last minute and did...

My house has been strangely quiet lately. After a whirlwind of packing and birthday parties and school picnics and dance and music...