By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. * * * He crosses Rivoli, steps over the Metro vent where once underneath deep damp dungeons breathed the sighs of brave broken men who dared defy a king at Versailles. Their cries echo along the line from Bastille to Concorde wake sleeping minds two hundred years on … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. * * * Houses are slicker in the suburbs there’s elegant disorder in the courtyards as the train slides by on steel-smooth rails gathering speed. See someone’s propped his VTT* up against the trellised wall. A broken chair is doing the splits on a patio where no-one sits … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. On my way back to France from Alaska, how to keep all the memories intact? A bus is not a moose and a car is not a bear, but I wish they were! Puffins in the suitcase side pocket brown bear squashed to the bottom, packing two caribou strains … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. The price of gold has soared spectacularly over the last 5 years, pushed up by investors and some governments as a hedge to shelter their wealth as economies falter. In Paris, you can exchange your gold jewelry for cash at the Credit municipal de Paris…. Or you can … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. A member of the Tliglit tribe, from the Eagle Clan, whose father was a priest of the Russian Orthodox church, is a temporary replacement while awaiting a new orthodox priest for the parish of Ninilchik, Alaska. The history of the Orthodox Church of America began with the arrival … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. Before migrating north for a few weeks from Paris to Alaska, from where she will post her occasional inspirations, Annie Shepherd sends a valedictory. Perched on the chimney pots, sparrows ruffle feathers Parisian heating warming them together theirs the skyline, grey zinc Haussmann roofs spread like … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. In Paris, May 22-24, the OECD’s annual forum focuses on the importance of Skills and Education. Annie Shepherd muses… Crouched by a river, dodging school a little boy prefers to dream, not do parents absent, no one vouches for his learning no-one listens to his yearning even he … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. Hollande wins the Presidency of France. Sarkozy announces he’s leaving the political landscape; Le Pen rallies for supporters in preparation for the legislative election to complement the Left in Parliament. Greeks vote against austerity, paving the way for possible default and return to the drachma. . Blackbird sings … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. Week ending 29 April 2012. The last lap before election day, the campaign is marred with more below- the-belt insults from both sides. Charles Taylor is condemned in The Hague to life imprisonment for his blood diamond war crimes; a top prominent Chinese politician is removed from office … Lire la suite »
By Annie Shepherd for The Parisian Post. Hollande overtakes Sarkozy in the first round with Le Pen 3rd, winning a surprisingly high 18 %. The Left not too jubilant, remembering how they lost spectacularly to Le Pen in 2002. Prominent government members defect to the Left. Credit Municipal de Paris beseiged by requests for money in exchange for … Lire la suite »
