Paris Café

Just a quick note to say hello and post a photo

that makes us feel like we're in Paris. 

This is Le Champ de Mars

just off the park of the same name near the Eiffel Tower. 

And though I'm late,

also wanted to wish you a 

Happy New Year! 

It is still January (just barely)

so I can still fit it in. (My rules!) 

I'm here in the Pacific Northwest 

where the rain has finally begun in earnest. 

We had a little respite yesterday

but more on the way. 

I usually try to update my reading list on

GoodReads when I can. 

And since it's the rainy season

and the perfect time for a good book,

 what's everybody reading? 

I'm into two books on writing 

(see GoodReads on the right for titles)

and John LeCarré's The Night Manager

which is a fantastic short series, by the way. 

Hugh Laurie plays an excellent Bad Guy. 

And the tension is beautifully created without a lot of nasty scenes

(though rest assured, there are still a few.) 

So while we're dreaming of Paris

and waiting out the rain,

tell me what you're reading! 

Bonne Année!

(Photo copyright: Kirsten Steen)