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There’s the planned … and then there’s the unplanned, the unexpected, the unforeseen. Which is what does happen, which is what really counts, those events which are the most challenging and perhaps the most exciting.

Hope fills the question: “C’est pour quand?”
Expectation fills the question.
Maybe fear, too. Apprehension. Tension.

The French word “attente” is rich. In English, we have two: waiting and expectation. Probably more. And sometimes we’re doing both.

The future. Whatever it is that we’re waiting for, expecting, hoping for, dreaming of, yearning for … patiently or impatiently … is yet to come, is yet to happen.

The fisherman on the bank of the river hoping for a catch; the princess praying her prince will come and lovers, hearts beating waiting for their next encoounter; the student getting ready for an exam and then wondering what the results will be; the traveller on his way to a known or new destination; the writer, the poet, waiting for his or her muse, the next word …. the musician getting prepared for the next note …. when? when? when?

And then it happens! Daylight breaks. The sun comes up.

And what do we get in return for all the waiting and all the patience?

An opportunity. The challenge to react. The challenge of performing.

And then? The fisherman still has to catch the fish, the princess needs to wake up, the hearts have to open, the student must study, the traveller’s got to adapt and share, the writer’s got to put ink to paper … and the musician’s got to interpret the score with his art.

And then? Then … Then there’s a great, deep feeling of …. well deserved …

Satisfaction. Shared.

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Pascale Hochman

36 hours in Paris

Here’s the scoop!

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San Francisco

36 hours in San Francisco

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Figs are in season …

and here’s a recipe by Melissa Clark for a Fig Crostini.

Enjoy it … a late summer treat!

The Gift of Liberty

You probably know that the BIG Statue of Liberty is on Ellis Island. Here’s a refresher of its history! This is a photo of the original scultpture which is in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. The Luxembourg (or Luco, as it’s called by the neighbors and kids who go to school nearby) is one of the most wonderful places on earth: you will see every age in the Luco … from newborns enjoying their first days to the very elderly who may be enjoying their last … and every age in-between. All ages, all colors, all occupations … students, lovers, chess players, tennnis players, tai-chi folk, and me, too, sometimes … Maybe this has to do with “Liberty.” More on Luco later !

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904)
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885. The monument was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, intended to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence, some ten years earlier. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty enlightening the world stands more than 300 feet high.

French historian Edouard Laboulaye suggested the presentation of this statue to the United States, commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution. The copper colossus was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and erected according to plans by Gustave Eiffel.

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Sarianna’s always got something to say on CampusLingua

CampusLinguaOnline will see the day one day soon … Sarianna’s been contributing … Click on the link below for her pronunciation of a pretty popular word.

“Awesome“