We Don’t Live in Paradise.
Finding a decent place to live can be and most often is a horrid ordeal in European capitals and big cities, for foreigners and natives alike. And even if you pay sky-high rent, it does not assure that your place is legal or warm in the winter. Some of my former apartments in Paris felt and looked as if they came with the cast of La Bohème and a prescription for tuberculosis!
Stuck in Stick’o’tory
I cannot leave until I know no one will bother my mom ever again and the monsters are gone for good. Because I know what these monsters are and what they are capable of, how well-connected they are to certain unpleasant characters in France, what extreme opinions they hold, and how they come at you when you are alone.
Friday Feeling
“I am—yet what I am none cares or knows;
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:
I am the self-consumer of my woes—
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed…
John Clare
She Is Crazy!
One of the easiest ways to discredit a single woman is to spread rumors that she is crazy. In my experience, people will jump on that gossip wagon within a split second because it is fun and easy.
Paris Is Romance, and That's It!
In the '00s, the French state desperately needed to kick their linguistically behind nation into the 21st century. Hence, the jobs in the Parisian language schools were plenty, and they would hire just about anyone, including me.
My Never-Ending Apartment Story Part 5
What is a court ruling worth in France? Nothing, it seems. In France, a court can order you to pay a fine, but nothing happens if you don’t pay. At least, that’s the reality of the French legal system as I have come to know it.
The Perfect Murder Weapon
After almost seven years of gang-stalking, gaslighting, and cyberstalking, I have given it some thought. I believe that this dark combo constitutes the perfect murder weapon.
