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16.19 - France Gets Into Everything. Even the School Run.
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS — A village school with no English, a grandmother who swore in French, and the discovery that time here runs on completely…
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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What No One Tells You About Putting Your Kids in Full French Immersion.
They cried. We cried. And then one day, they spoke fluent French, like it had been there all along.
May 14
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Kamille Longstreet
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Bonjour — Let Me Introduce Myself
Bonjour — and welcome.
Mar 11
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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The Art of Not Working: France’s Most Elegant Paradox
Faire le pont is not laziness. It is a civilisational position. And now the bill has arrived.
May 14
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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How to Find Your French Family
(or, where are you, camille?)...
May 14
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My latest discovery: an old expat newspaper in Paris
Nov 20, 2025
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#FranceStack™ ~100 Best French Newsletters & Substacks Directory
Oct 13, 2025
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The Email of Paris Recommendations I Send to Everyone
Mar 10
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Shelby Chambers
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Why the French Don’t Obsess Over Purpose
Feb 19
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Pamela Clapp
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What the French Taught Me About Taking Time Instead of Chasing It
May 13
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Pamela Clapp
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Same Building. Two Floors. Ninety Years Apart.
What a bartender's white jacket, Hugo Matha's silk neckerchiefs, and George Orwell scrubbing pots in a Parisian cellar taught me about the most French…
May 12
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.18.a - They Found Us. And France Has Never Been More Inexhaustible.
In this PAID le Bulletin: Fresh articles from across France, and a quiet something worth telling you about properly.
May 9
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.18 - France Gets Under Your Skin. These Writers Show You How
In the FREE le Bulletin: A new contributor introduced, nature hiding in plain sight, a spice cabinet rabbit hole, small joys worth savouring, and four…
May 8
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About French Herb & Spice Blends
Don’t Buy Any, except maybe just the one
May 7
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Laura Washburn Hutton
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Finding Nature in the Heart of Paris
What a marine biologist discovered when she swapped rural Limoges for the suburbs of Paris: the city is wilder than you think.
May 7
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Elizabeth Joubert
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Little French Joys That Keep Me Going
Times must be dark if I’m appreciating the little things.
May 6
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Shelby Chambers
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Four Notes and a Nation
The tiny jingle that brought a rock legend to a standstill on a platform, and then landed everyone in court
May 4
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.17 - Paris Has Its Reasons
In the FREE le Bulletin: One classroom, one vineyard, one boulevard, one audacious law. Four roads into France — and not one of them straight.
May 2
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