en livingwithloulou http://www.livingwithloulou.com <![CDATA[Living with LouLou]]> https://static.feedpress.com/logo/livingwithloulou.png Living with LouLou http://www.livingwithloulou.com A French Kitty's Opinions on Just About Everything Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:20:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Tuesday Throat Tickle Time https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-throat-tickle-time/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-throat-tickle-time/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:20:04 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36841 Mama, gargle with salt water, okay? And eat garlic! ***** May your Tuesday and all days of this week be kind to you and if you have a sore throat, may it get well! They are the pitts! Keep warm between these weird season changes. Mama has not been sick at all since before Covid, […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sun-mon/feed/ 14 Saturday Sadder Day? https://www.livingwithloulou.com/saturday-sadder-day/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/saturday-sadder-day/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:41:42 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36827 Non, no, we wish to keep in the present, no sadness, today is king, today we can find positive thoughts and take positive actions and try to eliminate the sad thoughts that are so prevalent. Our friend and sweet housekeeper comes once a week, and she is from Ukraine and fortunately is safe in Italy […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/saturday-sadder-day/feed/ 19 Thankfuls A Bit Late https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thankfuls-a-bit-late/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thankfuls-a-bit-late/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:30:32 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36825   LOUD LOUD LOUD but a good loud! 👍🏼👍🏻👍 For you and you and you, always. Mama says our readers give us hope, every single day. Mama is cutting her thanks short because outside the window of where we live in Rome near a high school, there is a big student protest in the piazza […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thankfuls-a-bit-late/feed/ 10 Filling Station: https://www.livingwithloulou.com/filling-station-2/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/filling-station-2/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:08:27 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36822 Just praticing my Tai Chi moves….breathe, breathe, breathe. ***** Thanks to Ellen and her wonderful co-host, Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs 1. Cooking__is a useful skill that I have. Also FUN FUN FUN! 2. I recharge by __finding comedians to laugh at and hearing beautiful singers sing, sing, sing..  3. My job as an illustrator__taught me ___how […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/filling-station-2/feed/ 2 Wednesday Whack! https://www.livingwithloulou.com/wednesday-whack/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/wednesday-whack/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:35:37 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36817   POW POW POW! Twenty days to lift-off…we hope…or we hope, lift OUT. We can all do our part….let’s be a TEAM!  

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/wednesday-whack/feed/ 12 Tuesday Time Running Out https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-time-running-out/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-time-running-out/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:11:58 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36812 BUON GIORNIO! Finally a rest and we have sun a warmth for a week after the deluge! ***** We only put in FYIs so that you can click or not and be free to choose. It’s just that with 23 days left until who knows what will happen, we wanted to inform our readers of […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-time-running-out/feed/ 20 Sweet Sunday https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sweet-sunday-5/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sweet-sunday-5/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:00:19 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36792 …with actual SUN! We thinks we will just kick back today and meander and LOOK at the beauty of this city (not easy with tourists on the weekend, but…) and maybe mama will make something tasty like turkey tonnato. Mama and her visitor toured the campo dei fiori yesterday and watched this amazing guy who […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sweet-sunday-5/feed/ 14 Rat Sat https://www.livingwithloulou.com/rat-sat/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/rat-sat/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:54:28 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36783 Mama does not remember where she found this, but it’s too funny! Short blog today…mama and papa are taking a birthday cake to a dear friend  who is 98! They have to have all their wits about then because she certainly does!!! Mama saw this article in the NYT and had to share it!! Wish […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/rat-sat/feed/ 14 Friday Funnin’ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-funnin/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-funnin/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:37:38 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36779 MAMA, DO NOT GIVE ME HAGGIS….EVER….!!! (No offense to the Scots, but I’m trying to cut back on meat and eat fish) ***** 1. How to find ingredients for haggis__is the strangest thing I ever researched online.(Mama was asked to make haggis and said she would, and did, but never again!) 2. My wi-fi network […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-funnin/feed/ 8 Rain But No Pain…The Barm Kept Us Warm https://www.livingwithloulou.com/rain-but-no-pain-the-barm-kept-us-warm/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/rain-but-no-pain-the-barm-kept-us-warm/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:26 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36770 Well, this is what I do on a rainy cloud day… ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️ We are so thankul today that the rain seems to be letting up. Well, it did POUR last night when mama and papa and visitors were eating outside at a local little restaurant, but they did get home with three umbrellas working overtime. […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/rain-but-no-pain-the-barm-kept-us-warm/feed/ 16 Toos-day Trickle https://www.livingwithloulou.com/toos-day-trickle/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/toos-day-trickle/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:47:57 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36767 I love these guests who are coming to visit. I shall make sure they take the right route to Rome and their b and b!!! ***** Allora, our Tuesday is not quite trickling yet but tomorrow, with friends arriving tonight after a long drive, it is supposed to POUR buckets!! So sorry for them, but […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/toos-day-trickle/feed/ 12 Monday Musing https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-musing-2/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-musing-2/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:27:20 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36763 (I am focusing really hard on my snooze…it can get awfully loud up here when a storm is coming…) ***** When you focus on the good, the good gets better. Have a great week and here is a typical bicycle in Rome. Makes mama happy every time she sees another….

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-musing-2/feed/ 14 Sunday Self-ness https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-self-ness/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-self-ness/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:28:13 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36760 Allora, my selfie is from LONG ago but what the heck. A kitty is always a kitty. You can quote me on that. And in this case, I am pretty relaxed. So relaxed that I did not see the photographer taking my rather ungainly pic!!! Have a lovely Sunday, everyone, with rain or shine, just […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-self-ness/feed/ 18 Sweet Saturday https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sweet-saturday-2/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sweet-saturday-2/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:33:22 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36750 LONG AGO IMAGE — as usual mama cannot find which it is on Lunapic but it IS from there! ***** Allora, mama and papa are having a good rest after our visitor but it was so lovely. I checked out everything because I was one of her favorite kitties and she has Phebe, whom I […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sweet-saturday-2/feed/ 14 Friday Frankness https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-funnie/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-funnie/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:38 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36738 I’m not grooming, no need where I am, but I thought my little brush would be a good muchroom cleaner! Not sure mama would agree…hey, just helpin’….   1. I plan to ___eat musrooms and winter greens and __have lovely friends from Norway visit us in Rome___in October. 2. A long overdue visit  in Romefrom […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-funnie/feed/ 18 Merci For So Much And Kitty Noses https://www.livingwithloulou.com/merci-for-so-much-and-kitty-noses/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/merci-for-so-much-and-kitty-noses/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:18:12 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36744 Is this an acceptable photo for Thursday? Who nose? ***** Well, mama and papa are so happy to have a very old and wonderfiul friend visiting in Rome for a few days. I think mama and she went out today and did some damage at the local department store….. But that same store is built […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/merci-for-so-much-and-kitty-noses/feed/ 14 Sagacious Sunday https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sagacious-sunday/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sagacious-sunday/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:30:09 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36726 Sightseeing with THEN is so tiring… Alora, at least once a year we devote some time to the smart-a-tude of doggies. This is for Dalton’s gotcha day, haha. Doggies Doggies II The second one is fascinating but it’s the Wash Post and they don’t let readers read who are not subscribers. Grrrrr. But the first […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sagacious-sunday/feed/ 15 Friday Fillers https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-fillers-5/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-fillers-5/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:00:50 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36712 What fun are fill-ins, non? And thanks to the women who think them up every week. BRAVE, you smart cookiess! These are so COOL. 1. I am glad I live near ___other countries that are not difficult to get to from where we live now. Spain is 20 minutes away… 2. I am glad I don’t […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-fillers-5/feed/ 20 Thank-you, grazie… https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thank-you-grazie/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thank-you-grazie/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:39:02 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36720 HEY, they are out of town…just took a little quick sunbath in my ex-garden…who’s to know, haha? 🍕🍕🍕 Well, grazie for following mama and papa all over the place while they toodle around Rome and see family and discover new wonderful things even after 40 years of toodling! I used to be with them and […]

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