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Phryge the Paris 2024 Olympic mascot – but how do you pronounce it?

Phryge the Paris 2024 Olympic mascot – but how do you pronounce it? I’ve been popping into one of the 16 Paris 2024 Olympic Fan Zones around the capital where people can watch Olympic events on a big screen in a designated area. I asked a four-year old French girl at the Fan Zone ifContinue reading “Phryge the Paris 2024 Olympic mascot – but how do you pronounce it?”

Rule-breaking, revolutionary, riveting, rainy, resilient – Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony

Rule-breaking, revolutionary, riveting, rainy, resilient – a river, a robotic rider, rings of steel, and a rare performance by Céline Dion. Right on time, the celebrations commenced at 7:30pm in the Paris rain. It deterred no-one. Soccer star Zinedine Zidane – ZiZi – kicked off the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony with a shortContinue reading “Rule-breaking, revolutionary, riveting, rainy, resilient – Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony”

NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: OUT OF CHARACTER – Blog # 23        

NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: OUT OF CHARACTER – Blog # 23. Diverge. Go wide. Go out of character. Does the character in your book always have to be in character? Do people in real life always act according to their own character? Is a person’s character ‘fixed’ or is it changeable? Is being ‘outContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: OUT OF CHARACTER – Blog # 23        “

From sword to pen: Olympic role revision

From sword to pen: Olympic role revision. Assisting spectators to the Grand Palais seating areas for the Olympic and Paralympic fencing competitions is no longer on – my role revision is bigger, better, bolder! For the Paralympics, I’ll be full-time, front-line as Press Tribune Member as part of the Press Operations. From sword to pen.Continue reading “From sword to pen: Olympic role revision”

Paris, you’re three times a lady: the feminine face of the Olympics

Paris, you’re three times a lady: the feminine face of the Olympics. Paris has held the Olympic Games three times throughout the history of the Games. This is the first time in Olympic history that there is gender parity – female athletes comprising fifty percent of all participants. We all know the Lionel Ritchie song ThreeContinue reading “Paris, you’re three times a lady: the feminine face of the Olympics”

I saw an open door … It led to a crypt

I saw an open door … It led to a crypt. What surprised me as I walked along a Parisian street was that a small door on the side of a medieval stone church was open. The door opened onto the pavement, not behind a fence, but directly facing the street. I kept walking. I stopped.Continue reading “I saw an open door … It led to a crypt”

NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: A LULL – Blog # 22        

NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: A LULL – Blog # 22. A lull. A lull is a temporary interval of a lack of activity or a period of calm or quiet. I’m having a lull. A lull from writing my new Paris book. Not a lull from other happenings.  It’s called ‘life’ and as singerContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: A LULL – Blog # 22        “