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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

bonjour Rosa Jackson - Happy New Year!

I've just added your Substack: https://lespetitsfarcis.substack.com/ to our #franceStack library... Gosh Its taken me a while to find you - oops :)

In this MyFrenchLife library/directory we support each other. We like, comment, restack, and collaborate wherever we can. I'd love to talk with you about this.

Warm regards

Judy

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

Well hello Patricia... How come we haven't found each other before now? I have added your delightful SubStack [https://sacredparis.substack.com/ ]to #FranceStack - welcome. I'd love to talk about collaboration! AND please please like, comment, and restack the work of others listed here... they're all grand :)

Best

Judy

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A French Table 1's avatar

Hi Judy,

I just spotted A French Table 1 included in #FranceStack! Thank you for including it. I really appreciate the way you’re spotlighting such a wide range of voices living in France.

And yes, chaos, cheese, and reinvention is very much the through line. I write from rural Dordogne, with a mix of food, small-town life, and the less-polished realities of starting over here.

Thanks again for the inclusion, and for the work you’re doing to connect writers and readers around France!

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Patricia Russo's avatar

I would love to be considered for this list when you update it/do it again!

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

Bonjour Lisa

I'm delighted to let you know that I've added your Substack, https://parlezperfect.substack.com/ to #FranceStack - bienvenue :) A reminder that here we're all about liking, commenting, restacking the work of others to increase our collective visibility. Further, I encourage collaboration and am open to your ideas and siggestions.

Warm regards

Judy

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

Bonjour Valerie. I have just added your Substack: "Delightfully Disoriented en France" to our #FranceStack library. Bienvenue - welcome.

Here we are encouraged to support each other and to collaborate whenever possible. Like comment, restack - all of these things help us all gain more exposure -> over to you...

Warm regards

Judy

https://vdizzy.substack.com/

@valerierivera

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Paola Westbeek's avatar

Thank you so much for giving me a place on this wonderful list! Happy holidays!

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

My pleasure Paola... I encourage you to support others and to collaborate whenever possible. Like comment, restack - all of these things help us all gain more exposure -> over to you...

Merci

Judy

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Elizabeth Joubert's avatar

Hi Judy, thanks for considering my pub, This Week in France. Come for the insights into French life, stay for the embarrassing moments of ineptitude from a Californian who’s lived here more than a decade, but still uses Google Translate to check every gender of every noun.

https://substack.com/@elizabethannjoubert?r=e867p&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile

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Lisa's avatar

Parlezvousfrancais and the The French Teachers' Corner are dead links

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

Lisa, tks for drawing these to my attention. I can't solve the problem so I've deleted both entries :)

Judy

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

Ahhhh, thanks Lisa, I'll check them out :)

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Maria Bessières's avatar

Hi Judy! Quite a thing you've created here, very impressive! I would love to be considered, if my Substack meets your standards. I live in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just outside of Paris, and write about my l'art de vivre wonderings, with focus on food, art, design and culture. I would love to collaborate and hear from other writers in France.

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Tiffany's avatar

Judy - It’s an absolute honor to be included with this impressive list of writers in France on #FranceStack

Paris-based #FranceStack writers - Are there currently any in-person meet-ups with fellow writers? If not, I’d be happy to volunteer to host a monthly coffee at a local cafe where we could get a chance to meet each other and brainstorm on collaborations!

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La Ramoneta's avatar

What a great idea! I love what your doing and this is a fab addition. In my Substack- la Ramoneta- I share tips of what to see and do in the South of France. I would love to be part of your list, but I might be too small

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

#FranceStack UPDATE 25.9.25

Welcome to those below who I've added to #FranceStack - check them out

A hill and I - Susie Mawhinney - @susie-mawhinney

Looking Back & Sharing Stories - Mark Jespersen - @markjespersen1

Dispatches from Deep France - Lex Rich - @lexrich

My French Table - Jenn Davis - @myfrenchtable

Letters from Maison Violette - Sif Orellana - @siforellana

Johnny's Paris Histories & Mysteries - Johnny Paris - @johnnyparistours

Libra et Caetera - Mathilde Lacombe - @mathildelacombe

Based In Paris - Ellie - @undervineandfigtree

De beaux lendemains - Géraldine Dormoy - @geraldinedormoy

Le Farmhouse Letters - Various Contributors - @lefarmhouse

Le Simple Sudiste - Rich Kagan - @lesimplesudiste

Learn French with Timo - Timothée - @learnfrenchwithtimo

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Mark Jespersen's avatar

Yay

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Julie's avatar

I may eventually make it to this list. My blog has accidentally been a travel blog through France and I talk about street art I've seen in France with more posts to come. But really, I'm a single mom based in California raising a young daughter who would like to make a jump to live in France.

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

hi Julie,

Do you live in France? I couldn't determine from you Substack :)

Best

Judy

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Julie's avatar

No, I don't live in France but I would like to. I think it would be nice to raise my kid there. We loved finding plagrounds everywhere we went. I currently live in California. I was joking how my Substack accidentally became a blog on places traveled in France. We were there for a few weeks this past summer. For me, I've been to Paris seven times but it was my daughter's first time anywhere in France. She's 4. I even enrolled her in summer camp in Paris and she had a wonderful time.

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

That all sounds wonderful Julie it must have been fun! But for #franceStack its a library of writers FROM France. Thanks for your interest though.Warm regardsJudy

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Julie's avatar

Thank you. Pas de souci. I will read and follow others on the list.

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

sorry typo FROM FRANCE :)

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Le Simple Sudiste's avatar

I’d love to be added to this list. My handle is LeSimpleSudiste.substack.com

We are two dads and a daughter that moved to Carcassonne a little over a year ago. I write silly and sassy posts about our misadventures in the south of France. 🙏🏼🇫🇷❤️

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice's avatar

Marie-Marthe bonjour

I have just added your Substack to #FranceStack - our wonderful library for Francophiles, based in France: https://mariemarthe.substack.com/

Here, we love to collaborate and help each other get more exposure for our Substacks. Let me know if you're interested in collaboration.

Warm regards

Judy

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