le Bulletin archives
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le Bulletin is our weekly newsletter which provides your weekend French immersion with our most recent magazine articles to help you become a more savvy Francophile with a deeper understanding of France.
In addition to the recently published articles, each le Bulletin includes a ‘Missive‘, a conversation of sorts, between our Founder and editor-in-chief, Judy MacMahon & you. The topics of the ‘Missive’ are wide-ranging and sometimes surprising, they are impossible to categorise, other than to say that they are in some way relevant to all Francophiles…
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Le Bulletin earlier editions:
– FREE Note – Generosity in all its guises 13.26 – 26.6.23
– Bookclub announcement! May-July pick ‘My Cousin Maria Schneider’ by Vanessa Schneider – 20.6.23
– FREE – 13.24 – Street Photography in Paris – 17.6.23
– PAID – 13.24.a – The Olympics in Paris 2024: Positive or negative – 17.6.23
– FREE – 13.23 – Merci toujours – How much do you know about the bells of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris? – 10.6.23
– FREE – How do you prefer to travel? with an itinerary or not? – 3.6.23
– PAID – Merci Mille Fois – experience France beyond the cliché – 3.6.23
– FREE – Bienvenue to our First newsletter on Substack – 27.5.23
– Growing Up! – 20.5.23
– Thesis to Book – 13.5.23
– Lifetime Reading and Learning – 6.5.23
– Amazing Women – 29.4.23
– Curiosity and Reading – 22.4.23
– Do you talk to yourself? – 15.4.23
– Good Things that Happened in France – 8.4.23
– Sacré-Cœur, Reading in French, Happiness – 25.3.23
– We’re BACK– relaunch – 18.3.23
– Emergency Ward + How to Win – 25.2.23
– MyFrenchLife in Emergency Ward – 18.2.23
– Curiosity, Adventures & Ferretting – 11.2.23
– Relationships and Roles – 4.2.23
– Kindness, Levity – 28.1.23
– Gratitude and Observations – 21.1.23
– Revitalisation in Paris – 10.12.22
– Parties: love them or hate them? – 3.12.22
– Life and Luck – 26.11.22
– Travelling Alone – 19.11.22
– The Seine – 12.11.22
– The Extraordinary – 5.11.22
– Ordinary People versus Experts – 29.10.22
– Par Hasard – 22.10.22
– Spirit: warm, friendly, and Respectful – 15.10.22
– Shake-it-up – 8.10.2022
– Eavesdropping – 1.10.2022
– Givers and Takers – 24.9.2022
– Creating more permeable cities – 17.9.2022
– Eloquence, in French, no less – 10.9.2022
– The Power of Incidental French Conversation – 3.9.2022
– Happier Calmer Freer – 27.8.2022
– Dreaming of Provence – 20.8.2022
– Love to Hate Paris – 13.8.2022
– “I’ve got your back” – 6.8.2022
– Wow, French food and Wine Exposé – 30.7.2022
– How’s your AQ – 23.7.2022
– Gossip and Gossip – 16.7.2022
– Infinite ignorance & celebration – 9.7.2022
– Drop that fork! ++ – 2.7.2022
– Oh my! Suspension – 25.6.2022
– Winds of Change – 18.6.2022
– Libraries, Books, and more Books – 11.6.2022
– Play versus Perfection – 4.6.2022
– Embrace & Adapt – 28.5.2022
– Conviction & Curiosity – 21.5.2022
– Creativity and Empathy – 14.05.2022
– Descriptists and Prescriptists – 30.4.2022
– Two Milk Cartons – 23.4.2022
– Crates of Kindness – 16.4.2022
– Merci mille fois – 9.4.2022
– Being Seen – 26.3.2022
– Communication and Conversation – 19.3.2022
– giving – 12.3.2022
– wisdom – 5.3.2022
– whimscal – 26.2.2022
– Talking back – 19.2.2022
– Flow – 12.2.2022
– Fresh starts and restarts – 5.2.2022
– Mindset – 29.1.2022
– Love and Devotion – 22.1.2022
– Feel lightly in 2022 – 15.1.2022
– Let’s not rush through 2022 – 8.1.2022
– En route pour 2022 – 1.1.2022
– Do as the French do – 25.12.2021
– Insatiable desire – 18.12 2021
– Overjoyed – 11.12 2021
– The love for France – 4.12.2021
– What is your Story? – 27.11.2021
– Courage vs Perfectionism – 20.11.2021
– Redemption & Forgiveness – 13.11.2021
– Should? – 6.11.2021
– Magic Connections – 30.10.2021
– Patience – 23.10.2021
– Goals vs Purpose – 16.10.2021
– Myths and Madness – 9.10.2021
– Compelled to React – 2.10.2021
– Heart to Heart – 25.9.2021
– Crankopotamus – 18.9.2021
– Compelled to React – 2.10.21
– Heart to Heart – 25.9.21
– French: Fun and easy – 11.9.2021
– Lost and Found – 4.9.2021
– Forever in Paris – 28.8.2021
– Let’s go Dancing – 21.8.21
– Brave and just a little but cheeky – 14.8.2021
– Creativity Revisited – 7.8.2021
– Perspectives: another Paris? – 31.7.2021
– Buoyed – 24.7.2021
– Spolit for choice – 17.7.2021
– WOW: Immerse in the sounds of Paris – 10.7.2021
– Bingeing on Paris and Brittany – 3.7.2021
– Rejuvenation of French Treasures – 26.6.2021
– Bravery can look like madness – 20.6.2021
– Grass Always Greener? – 13.6.2021
– Haha the joke is on ME – 6.6.2021
– My Challenge – 29.5.2021
– Rebuilding Lives – 22.5.2021
– Generosity in many guises – 15.5.2021
– Literature & Empathy – 8.5.2021
– Love, Grief, and Creativity – 1.5.2021
– Love Stories – 24.4.2021
– Laughter – 17.4.2021
– Wondering about and Wandering in Paris – 10.4.2021
– Living IN French – 3.4.2021
– Bilingualism – How’s yours? 27.3.2021
– In awe of humility – 20.3.2021
– Have we told you lately that we love you? – 13.3.2021
– Feeding the Spirit and the Heart in Paris – 6.3.2021
– French: in “mortal danger” – 27.2.2021
– Positive Insights – 20.2.21
– Life – 13.2.2021
– Ever heard of Paris Memphis? – 6.2.2021
– Discovering JOY and Paris Lists – 30.1.2021
– Paris Photo Story fun – 23.1.2021
– Paris et Mode – 16.1.2021
– Immersion & Gratitude – 9.1.2021
– Humdinger – 2.1.2021
– Only see the light – 26.12.2020
– #2020Positives – 19.12.20
– Taking on water – 12.12.20
– Givers and Winners – 5.12.20
– Dream, Wish, Hope – 28.11.20
– Small – 21.11.20
– Indi Bookstores – 14.11.20
– Energy – 7.11.20
– Risquer – 31.10.20
– Open minds – 24.10.20
– Hope – 17.10.20
– Truth & Love – 10.10.20
– Milestones – 26.9.20
– Slow – 19.9.20
– Calm – 12.9.20
– Fun and Games – 5.9.20
– Balance – 29.8.20
– Esteem vs Ego – 22.8.20
– Hope-vs-Optimism – 15.8.20
– 4 years left! – 8.8.20
– Gumption – 1.8.20
– Vos Diatribes – 25.7.20
– Send me your RANTS – 18.7.20
– This too shall pass! – 11.7.20
– What happens next? – 4.7.20
– French Forests – 27.6.20
– Les Arbres – Trees – 20.6.20
– Babes & their grandchildren – 13.6.20
– Mouths of babes – 6.6.2020
– Human nature & altruism – 30.5.2020
– Real Friendship – 23.5.2020
– Simply Being – 16.5.2020
– Kindness – 9.5.2020
– Directing Francophile passion – 2.5.2020
– Stories: moving, eloquent, reassuring, funny, inspiring or heroic – 25.4.2020
– Meant to be? – 18.4.2020
– Trying too hard? – 11.4.2020
– Facing this together – 4.4.2020
– Sustainable Living – 28.3.2020
– Spirit & Creative Pursuits – 21.3.2020
– Le rat de Biblioteque – 14.3.2020
– Bien Être – well-being – 7.3.2020
– Paris arrondissement Guides & more – 29.2.2020
– Books, greening, craft gin & more – 22.2.2020
– Love, Life and France – 15.2.2020
– Paris for the curious – 8.02.2020
– Personal Note from Judy + more positivity – 1.02.2020
– France: making a positive contribution – 25.1.2020
– Astounding positivity – 18.01.2020
– Emotions, Experiences & Friendship – 11.01.2020
– What we do and Who we are – 21.12.19
– The importance of being INTERESTING – 14.12.19
– Kindness: in many guises – 7.12.19
– What’s your story? – 30.11.19
– Aloneness vs Loneliness – 23.11.19
– Longevity. France. More… – 16.11.19
– France: sharing the love – 9.11.19
– Not all Heroes wear a cape – 2.11.19
– Leaders: reading, writing et al – 26.10.19
– The Power of Words: translation, skill and much more – 19.10.19
– Facebook? – 12.10.19
– More, More and More – 5.10.19
– An elegant sufficiency – 28.9.19
– Have your say – 21.9.19
– Baggage not luggage – 14.9.19
– Charm: old school – 7.9.19
– Curiosity, Persistence, and Vulnerability – 31.8.19
– Failure and Vulnerability – 24.8.19
– All things French – 17.8.19
– Participation & Gratitude – 10.8.19
– Grand(s) Mère(s) – 3.8.19
– Fissures and Fractures – 27.7.19
– Philanthropy – 20.7.19
– The Future of France – 13.7.19
– Truth: trust, distrust, mistrust – 6.7.19
– Blooming late: writing and reading – 29.6.19
– La Transhumance du Grand Paris – 22.6.19
– Connections & Burgundy – 15.6.19
– Dark & Light Commitment – 8.6.19
– For the Love of Words – 1.6.19
– Food for the Soul – 25.5.19
– Bridges in France – 18.5.19
– Creativity & Neurodiversity – 11.5.19
– French: le bonheur – 4.5.19
– Cultural Heritage Protection – 27.4.19
– Palimpsest of Civilisation – 20.4.19
– God & Tech – 13.4.19
– Leadership – 6.4.19
– Compassion – 30.3.19
– Where are we inspired? – 23.3.19
– Inspiration of Nature: Water – 16.3.19
– Stoïc Women – 9.3.19
– Romance & Life – 2.3.19
– Passion, Fashion, Dogs & Kids – 23.2.19
– Intuition, Books, Love – 16.2.19
– Language & Love – 9.2.19
– Control & Bubbles – 2.2.19
– Art de Vivre and Raison d’Etre – 26.1.19
– Paris reinvented – 19.1.19
– Take a look in the mirror – 5.1.19
– Community. Breakthrough. Soar. – 29.12.18
– Pluck. Grit. Traction – 22.12.18
– Off-line Life – 15.12.18
– The art of READING – 8.12.18
– Eloise & Garance – 1.12.18
– Emotions – 24.11.18
– Becoming – 17.11.18
– Memories – 10.11.18
– Courage – 3.11.18
– I’ve got this! – 27.10.18
– un mélange bizarre – 20.10.18
– Birth & Rebirth – 13.10.18
– Desire and Freedom – 6.10.18
– C’est Non – 29.9.18
– Oneself – 22.9.18
– A Front-row life – 15.9.18
– Celebrating autumnal faculties – 8.9.18
– Perennial, Vintage, Advanced – 1.9.18
– French Female Immortals – how far have we come? – 25.8.18
– “Mind your Ps and Qs” – 18.8.18
– Kindness & Ageing – 11.8.18
– My Kindness Reminder – 4.8.18
– French music, nature & reading – 28.7.18
– French pride, humour, and more – 21.7.18
– France, forests, bathing & zen – 14.7.18
– How do I really ‘French’ my life? – 7.7.18
– France, women, and war – 30.6.18
– French food & culture and intangibility
– Feminism and the Paris Metro – 23.6.18
– A secret language – 6.6.18
– Creativity and travel
– Creativity and diffusion
– Beautiful France and extraordinary inspiration
– Bonne Fête des Mères… everywhere everyone!
– Falling foul: French faux amis et Faux pas
– France – Sacrifice, friendship, and love
– member stories about the challenges they’ve faced changing their lives. In doing so they’ve become ‘different people’ – certainly more ‘authentic’ – read more…
– Have you become a different person?
– Synchronicity
– Community
– curiosity and the talented people in our community
– French artisans and talented people – all!
– French women for International Women’s Day
– the ‘French Life dream‘ living in France.
– …’un vrai mélange en fait, you’ll need to read it to understand.
– … being more open when we travel and trust …
– … MyFrenchLife initiatives going gangbusters and more 🙂
– Our focus moved to Friendship and the launch of
MyFrenchLife PRIVATE Community Page – and then 3 launches!
– Paris, the concept of #mytruth,
– le Bulletin was all about Reading and Feminism
– my own magic place when I am in France: – to encourage
well-being and creativity. I shared about my own magic
environment when not in France.
_ ‘Environment’, my reflections were all around how to create
‘your own’ magic’ then on the cusp of 2018, I wrote about my
2018 intention – to be more ‘Plucky’ and to adopt more ‘Pluck‘
– I wrote of my intention to possess more ‘grit’.
Previous editions of Le Bulletin: – one each week:
‘ and…Self-nourishing‘, ‘Comfort zone‘, ‘Kindness‘, ‘Resilience‘,
‘Sacrifice ‘creativity’‘ and even more recently,
‘Curiosity‘, ‘Gratitude, ‘Courage’, ‘Integrity‘, ‘Liberté‘, ‘Curiosity‘
PPS: le Bulletin CONVERSATION Catch-up
If you missed any Previous editions of Le Bulletin
‘CONVERSATION’ articles – you can play catch up here and now.
What is la ‘ Conversation’?
- la Conversation is an occasional essay; a conversation
of sorts, between our Founder and editor-in-chief,
Judy MacMahon & you, our reader/members and is
occasionally delivered to you within ‘le Bulletin‘.
- le Bulletin is our weekly newsletter which provides
your weekend French immersion with our most recent
magazine articles to help you
- ‘Frenchify’ your life!
So, what is la Conversation all about?
As a community comprising many curious Francophiles,
myself included, there is no limit to the themes we cover in
la ‘Conversation’!
Each ‘Conversation contains at least one theme which can
range from the meaning of life to French fashion to travel and
experiences in and/or from France.
It is intended to be thought-provoking and often takes
a philosophical approach to the challenges of life in France
and elsewhere: relationships, careers, self-awareness, and
self-improvement.
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