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Sunday Sadness

Loulou — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:28:26 +0000

He was a friend of mine, too….an extraordinary friend and loved kitties… Mama and papa are quite sad today because one of thier lifelong friends died after a long stay in hospital for a serious illness and they wish they could be with his wife and partner of so many years, but they will meet […]

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Saturday Sanity

Loulou — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:06:39 +0000

🎶 LET THE SUNSHINE, LET THE SUNSHINE IN, THE SUN-UN-SHINE IT… ***** That’s about all we can do around here, so we’re letting it in, especially into our poor, sad hearts that have to watch this world being so misused by so many seriously evil humans. Hard to call some ‘human’… BUT…it is kitties and […]

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FRIDAY FILLS

Loulou — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:55:13 +0000

1. The older I get__ the more in love with my honey____ I get. 2. I frequent ___my kitchen and garden and open markets and my village and Rome and my books and atelier__ and bed!. 3. Back in my day, we __had to behave or get thrown out at school. 4. I ___relish every […]

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Tender Mercis

Loulou — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:13:40 +0000

Whoopie! Jumping for joy today! Donc, lots of thanks today. For the summer being so lovely, even if hot, for friends everywhere who are so special and dear to us, for kids having time away from their work to kick back and watch elephants (mama is so jealous…she LOVES elephants), for having the garden cleaned […]

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Wed-nesday and Elephant Walk

Loulou — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:05:58 +0000

WOW…this is mews…uh…news! Mama is so tickled that a grandchild (stepgrandchild, but what the heck) is engaged to be married! Lovely news all around and they are tickled, too, haha. The couple, that is. HOT HOT HOT here and mama is trying to accomodate the pigeons that seem to be hearing about our resto…(slang-restaurant-speak in […]

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Tuesday Too Manys

Loulou — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:03:35 +0000

I can’t keep up with those birdies!!! Exhausting… Donc, we have TOO many pigeons because mama feeds the wild birds and their seeds drop into our gravel underneathj the feeder and voila…intruders. Mama has made pets of two, a lovely brown one and her mate whose feathers look like two pairs of Levis on his […]

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Sat Sun Mon….a little behind

Loulou — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:58:56 +0000

MAMA — you forgot three days???? Oh, boy…. Well, the weeds in our garden have kept mama out of the computer business plus she had a deadline for an article plus she had a book delivery thingy in another little village but now we are BACK. Let’s say that Monday’s spark is that if, for […]

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Friday Findings

Loulou — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:48:25 +0000

Wonderful fill-ins, Ms Ellen and Four-Legged Furballs! As usual… 1. Starting a bakery in LA was money well spent. 2. Having Trump in office__was a big waste of money. And he’ll waste MORE, just wait…and it is YOUR MONEY!!!!!! 3. If I became famous, it would most likely be because ___whoa….maybe because I paid someone […]

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Sat Cat

Loulou — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:00:38 +0000

Mama, don’t forget your pen… Today mama is signing books at a nearby village for PO Life, a local publication that is WONDERFUL…so many articles by such interesting people about this region and its history and fun help with learning French through jokes and vocabulary. It’s awfully quiet around here with all the grandkids and […]

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Merci, Plural

Loulou — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:16:32 +0000

Keepin’ cool on a cloud of blue… ***** Merci to all who are so lively with their comments and visits and we truly appreciate that, especially when mama puts in her FYIs and prays they do not offend anyone… But seriously, folks, mama cannot help herself. Our country was great and still can be, but […]

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Wordless and We-laxing

Loulou — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:54:41 +0000

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Tuesday Timeout

Loulou — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:27:21 +0000

Well, mama has just done Monday’s post and is sequeing into today’s, but it’s going to be short and sweet because she has to tend to the parched garden, make more focaccia for tonight’s last dinner (vegan chef!) and write her own Substack, plus housework, sigh…. Oh, and laundry… Hope your Tuesday is tickle-some […]

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Monday Muse

Loulou — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:19:10 +0000

I MISSED THE SARDINES, MAMA! Oh well, so did we, and here’s our spark and Tuesday’s blog is yet to come as we missed Monday because of Sunday’s wild, long evening with kids. ***** “The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius We were inspired by Teddy’s spark […]

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Sunday Sillies

Loulou — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:43:39 +0000

WOW, mama used two kilos of clams for her pasta sauce! I’m still waiting for her to drop on on the floor… Well, Sunday was fun, fun, fun. The grandkids got into politics, music, food, you name it, and how Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’ changed music forever (you can see it on You Tube–the beat […]

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Saturday Sizzled Sardines

Loulou — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:01:45 +0000

I am just putting in my ‘what the….?expression number 32…the world is just too crazy for any other. Wait a minute—-mama is going to a sardine bake? I might have to fly over…. FYI Mama had to put her FYI in and there are going to be more and if we lose you for awhile, […]

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FRIDAY FUN

Loulou — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:14:43 +0000

Have to laugh at that first one… 1.My plans for August include ___making vegan dishes for three vegan family members who are visiting until Tuesday___ and ___then eating whatever we like when they leave, haha. Hard to go without butter! 2. I am a type ___A-Z personality. 3. If ___love were a currency, I would […]

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Wordless and Thankful

Loulou — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:49:40 +0000

I liked my little footsies in this pic… ***** Tre bien..not many words from us but a huge thankful Thursday for Heather Cox Richardson. Facts are facts. Mama simply wanted to publish a post stating what the polls are revealing, which is uplifting, and perhaps our country will be saved. Thank you for putting up […]

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Combo

Loulou — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:29:29 +0000

Our spark for today three days is when in doubt, go for it! Uncertain about something, pick anything and go for it! Feeling lethargic, jump up and go for it. Wait a minute, mama, what is IT? Aha, that is what you find out when you go for it, haha. Here we are with four […]

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Sat’s Cats

Loulou — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:22:10 +0000

Well I wanted to nap but… OH, no…mama was reminescing about distant cousins of mine…uh…well…distant could-have-been-friends of mine,,,so I took a trip to the past. But Lunapic turned it into a Swirl! It’s just about how our brains feel nowadays…. Four previous sweeties… Hooker and Sweet Pea in LA Fiat…mama’s kitty in Santa Barbara. Louie […]

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THANKS AS ALWAYS

Loulou — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:32:53 +0000

Thank everyone out there who is planning to go to the poles in November and rid our country of this horrific and damaging government. And thank you for reading our posts, even when there are FYIs that perhaps are not your favorite reading, haha. The devastation to our country, to American families, to children to […]

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