Saturday, November 19, 2011

Jamming at De Sotos

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We all need a break from work and daily pressures. What better way to relax than jamming at De Sotos . Tony Merante and Elizabeth Jackson ha...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Back to the silence of writing

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My show is over. It was such a thrill to share Mauritius with good old Toronto, especially English-speaking guests who were charmed by the i...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Kréolissime

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Alliance Française is celebrating Creole Month with another not-to-be-missed event, Kréolissime, a celebration of dance, music and food from...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Media coverage for photo exhibition on Mauritius

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Mauritius off the beaten path is getting much attention from the francophone media in Toronto, as well as in Mauritius. CBC's French t...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

Thank you for a wonderful opening reception

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Au vernissage avec Patricia et Audrey Thanks to all who came to the opening reception of Mauritius, off th...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Mauritius Off the Beaten Path

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Alliance Française of Toronto is celebrating International Creole Month with Mauritius, Off the Beaten Path, a photography s...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Mauritius

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Mauritius is very much on my mind these days. I visited the island with intense emotions a few weeks ago. First there was the high school re...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Rainbow Catcher

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I would like to introduce you to my friend Chrisly Cheung, and her collection of short stories tit...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Summertime

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Summertime and the livin' is easy ... One of these mornings You're gonna rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And take...
Monday, June 27, 2011

The Silence of Writing

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I was in the country to work on my novel. Croaking frogs, twittering birds, and buzzing insects kept me company. This communion with nature ...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Forgiveness

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When times are tough, I often find solace in quotes that remind me of our universal need for love, kindness and compassion. Forgiving those...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Art in Paris

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Ah, a week in Paris. Reading and writing in cafés and bistros, wandering on cobblestoned streets, checking photography galleries, discoverin...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Celebrating architecture and successful friends

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One of the good things about getting older is to see hard-working friends who shared modest beginnings (like living in warehouses, driving b...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

About the unforeseen in art

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"The unforeseen is the most beautiful gift life can give us. That is what we must think of multiplying in our domain. … Art is inconcei...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Music at De Sotos

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Since I last wrote about the open mike that my talented friend Anthony Abbatangeli hosts at De Sotos , singers, guitarists, drummers, sax...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

February in Toronto

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There's something fragile about February. Dried-up vine leaves that cling delicately onto branches, icicles that hang precariously from ...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Mauriciens enfants de mille races

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I've been reading books about Mauritius. Mauriciens enfants de mille races and Mauriciens enfants de mille combats by Jean-Claude de L...
Monday, January 03, 2011

Lynda Covello at The Reservoir Lounge

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A great beginning to the New Year. My dear dear friend, Lynda Covello, the lawyer with the sultry, seductive voice, is singing at The Reser...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season

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Saturday, December 04, 2010

December's wintry beauty

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been open...