LET'S TIME TRAVEL IN FRANCE ~ TEMPS DEPLACONS~NOUS A` TRAVERS LA FRANCE

PLEASE TRAVEL WITH ME THROUGH TIME AND SPACE TO VISIT THREE OF MANY OF MY MOST FAVORITE AND RANDOM PLACES AND/OR PEOPLE OF MY ADOPTED COUNTRY. I HOLD NO GRUDGES!

I HAVE MY HAT ON AND I AM READY TO GO!  ARE YOU?  ALLEZ!

 ~  HOLD ON TIGHT BECAUSE THE TIME TUNNEL IS A WILD RIDE!

WE SHALL START IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND THEN TRAVEL NORTH ~  ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN THE WORLD AND WHAT WILL IN THE FUTURE BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!...EZE...



THE AREA SURROUNDING EZE WAS FIRST POPULATED AROUND 2000 B.C. AND LATER INHABITED BY THE ROMANS, MOORS, PHOENICIANS, TURKS AND FRENCH. 

This medieval village is famous for its beauty and charm.  The motto of the village is Isis Moriendo Renascor (meaning "In Death I am Reborn") and its emblem is a phoenix perched on a bone.

Eze has been described as an "eagle's nest" becuase of its location overlooking a high cliff 1400 feet above sea level on the French Mediterranean.

The architecture is simply incredible and almost Babylonian.  Chateau de la Chevre D'Or (Chateau of the Golden Goat) is a 36-room medieval fairytale castle for guests.

LET'S FAST FORWARD (IN TIME AND SPACE) TO CHATEAU CHENONCEAU,  KNOWN ALSO AS LA CHATEAU DE LES FEMME...IN THE LOIRE VALLEY. 

The Chateau was built on the site of a mill on the River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century. 

After being rebuilt several times over hundreds of years, Henry II offered the Chateau as a gift to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers.  She become fervently attached to the Chateau along the river. 

Diane de Poitiers was the unquestioned mistress of the castle, but ownership remained with the crown until 1555, when years of delicate maneuvers finally yielded possession to her.  However, after King Henry II dies in 1559, his strong-willed widow and regent Catherine de'Medici forced Diane to exchange it for the Chateau Chaumont.  Queen Catherine then made Chenonceau her own favorite residence, adding a new series of gardens. 

In 1560, the first ever fireworks display seen in France took place during the celebrations marking the ascension to the throne of Catherine's son Francis II.   Above are the women whose names are associated with Chenonceau Chateau de Les Femmes.
 

ONE LAST TIME THROUGH THE TUNNEL OF TIME AND SPACE TO MEET  JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN A.K.A. AND BY HIS STAGE NAME MOLIERE, BORN JANUARY 15, 1622.

 

MOLIERE WAS AND/OR IS A FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTOR WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST MASTERS OF COMEDY IN WESTERN LITERATURE.

THROUGH THE PATRONAGE OF A FEW ARISTOCRATS, INCLUDING PHILIPPE I, DUKE OF ORLEANS, THE BROTHER OF LOUIS XIV, (MY, AS YOU SAY, FATHER-IN-LAW) MOLIERE PROCURED A COMMAND PERFORMANCE BEFORE THE KING AT THE LOUVRE. 

Later, Moliere was granted the use of the Palais-Royal.   This royal favor brought a royal pension to his troupe and the title "Troupe du Roi" (The King's Troupe).  Moliere continued as the official author of court entertainments.

 

                  FAST FORWARD AND/OR BACKWARD IN SPACE AND TIME ~ LA LA LA ~

Excusez-moi, je suis juste fatigue!



                                                           Au Revoir and Sweet Dreams!

APRIL LOVE ~ LIKE NO OTHER! AND NATIONAL POETRY MONTH OPENING WORLDS!

AMOUR D'AVRIL ~ PAS COMMES LES AUTRES!
MOIS NATIONAL DE POESIE MONDES D'OUVERTURE!

"Respond to every call that excites your spirit."   ~ Rumi (1207 - 1273)

           "Spring makes everything young again, save man. 
             ~ Johann Paul Freidrich Richter (1763-1825)

HELLO APRIL!

"Whatsover things are lovely, think on these things."    ~ Philippians 4:8

"Hope" is the thing with feathers ~ that perches in the soul ~ And sings the tune without the words ~ And never stops ~ at all ~

 

And sweetest ~ in the Gale ~ is heard ~ And sore must be the storm ~ That could abash the little Bird that kept so many warm ~

I've heard it in the chillest land ~ And on the strangest Sea ~ Yet ~ never ~ in Extremity,  It asked a crumb ~ of me.      ~Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)



"There is no remedy for love but to love more."   ~ Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

                           APRIL  ~  NATIONAL POETRY MONTH  ~ OPENING WORLDS

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought ~
and the thought has found words."
~ Robert Frost  (1887 - 1915)

"A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years."   
~  Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915)

"Your breath touched my soul and I saw beyond all limits."   ~ Rumi  (1207 - 1273)

              SWEET DREAMS!

THE INTRIGUING IDES OF MARCH ~ JULIUS CAESAR, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND NATIONAL READING MONTH

LES IDES DE MARS INTRIGANTE ~ JULIUS CESAR, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ET MOIS NATIONAL DE LECTURE

"A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages."  ~  Tennessee Williams  (1911~1983)

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."   ~ Cicero  (106 B.C. ~43 B.C.)



"Veni. Vidi. Vici."  ~  "I came, I saw, I conquered." 
~The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599.
Julius Caesar (100 BC ~ 44BC)
William Shakespeare (1564 ~ 1616)

"But for my own part, it was Greek to me."   The Tragedy of Julius Caesar ~ Act 1 Scene 2

"He reads much; he is a great observer, and he looks quite through the deeds of men."    Julius Caesar  ~  Act 1 Scene II

                              SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY, PARIS

"Men at some time are masters of their fates:..."  ~ Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene II

                             SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY, PARIS  ~ Inside ~

"Knowledge is the food of the soul."   ~ Plato (427 BC ~ 347 BC)

Books lead you places....

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on;


and our little life is rounded with a sleep." ~ William Shakespeare ~The Tempest  Act IV Scene I


There is no enjoyment like reading.....



SWEET DREAMS!

MARCH ~ FROM MADNESS TO ECSTASY

MARS ~ DE LA FOLIE A L'EXTASE

The Pisces New Moon of March 11 offers exceptional opportunities for profound insights, deep healing and major shifts in consciousness.  Neptune, Mercury, Chiron, Venus, the Sun, Moon and Mars are all in Pisces, forming a huge celestial doorway into higher dimensional realms. 
~ Stephanie Austin

The Constellation Pisces

In psychological terms, Pisces represents the collective unconscious, the archetypal and primordial realms, as well as the dreamworld, imagination, fantasy, and the gamut of human emotions.
For more of Stephanie Austin, see THE MOUNTAIN ASTROLOGER (www.mountainastrologer.com).
Pisces rules illusion, glamour, art, feet, dance, film, ocean, liquids, escapism, among others.

Pisces Elizabeth Taylor

Pisces takes us into our sixth sense, where mysticism and quantum physics meet, where nothing is solid and everything is connected.  Every culture and religion has its name for this greater reality ~ the Great Spirit, the Tao, the Force, Buddah, Brahman, Allah, God, Source, etc.

The Hand of God

Neptune, the modern ruler of Pisces and the mythic God of the Sea, provides instructive metaphors for this fluid and ethereal territory.  Like a drop of water, we eternally emerge and dissolve, momentarily an individual expression of the Oneness but never truly separate.  Water, like emotions, can be calm, stormy, and everything in between.  Feelings ebb and flow.  Grief comes in waves.  We are sometimes misty, swamped, lost at sea.  When the fog rolls in, we have to use our sixth sense, intuiting our way.

Pisces takes us into transpersonal territory, far beyond logic and the limits of the mind, into the depths and mysteries of the heart.  In Pisces, we realize that we are multi-dimensional beings and that the gateway to higher dimensions is unconditional love.  We are sometimes unable to see that we are swimming in an ocean of unconditional love.

How do we explore and navigate this mysterious realm in safe and healthy ways?  Through meditation, prayer, contemplation, reading, dreamwork, art, music, dance, gardening, being in nature, silence, gratitude, doing things we love and using your intuition. 

Public domain article from The Mountain Astrologer by Stephanie Austin on the Pisces New Moon of March 11, 2013, reworked a very little bit by me. 

                          With and in Peace and Love: 
                          Sweet Dreams Always...

EXOTIC ROMANCE ~ ROMANTISME EXOTIQUE

 

"Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones,

as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire."

~ Francois de la Rouchefoucauld

 

"A heart that loves is always young."

 ~ Greek Proverb

 

 

"When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew."

~ William Shakespeare

 

 

"Two lips in bloom

They are finally ready to act when words fail

To do what their hearts desire

Ready to meet for the first time

And with this one kiss love begins tonight

This one kiss amidst the tulips."

~ Scarlett Starz

 

 

 

"Seduce my mind and you can have my body,

Find my soul and I am yours forever."

~ Anonymous

 



 

"I have found the one whom my soul loves."

~ Song of Solomon 3:4

 

 

"i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)

i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my darling;

and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my dear)

i fear no fate

(for you are my fate, my sweet)

i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

 

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky

of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

 

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

~ e. e. cummings

 

 

 

 

 

A NEW YEAR ~ A NEW BEGINNING ~ LIVING IN THE MOMENT

UNE NOUVELLE ANNEE ~ UN NOUVEAU DEBUT ~
VIE PENDANT LE MOMENT

It's Never Too Late ~  Every Second is New ~  Every Moment a New Beginning


Bonne Annee!   ~  Heureuse Annee!

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."   ~ Buddha

"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.  Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we are not alone."   ~ Orson Welles

 

"What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now.  It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future.  The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past."  ~ Sai Baba

"Every end is a new beginning."   ~ Proverb

 

"No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible."   ~ George Chakiris

"Breathe.  Let go.  And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."  ~ Oprah Winfrey

 

"The moment I have realized God {or All That Is} sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him ~ and in creation ~ that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free."   ~ Swami Vivekananda

 

"Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."    ~  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 



 

Happy Moments and Sweet Dreams!~