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Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2022
Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2022

The ability to venture into the world helped me better progress on some of my goals for the year. (Go figure.)

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthApril 6, 2022postmortem, goalsComment
How I Learned French: Resources for French Language Learners
How I Learned French: Resources for French Language Learners

Here are the most valuable resources and experiences I’ve had for learning the French language to help you in your journey.

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ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 30, 2022language learning, france Comments
Disappointing French Delicacies: Regional Food You Can Skip
Disappointing French Delicacies: Regional Food You Can Skip

I’ve encountered certain French regional specialty foods that I am only glad I tried so that I can spare you from trying them yourselves.

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WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 23, 2022france, food, culture Comments
The Coronavirus Diaries: The Second Anniversary Edition
The Coronavirus Diaries: The Second Anniversary Edition

I hope I won’t need to write a third anniversary post—but I won’t speak too soon. I didn’t think I’d need to write a first anniversary post, much less one for the second anniversary.

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ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 15, 2022coronavirus diariesComment
Trip Planning Tips and Tricks: How I Plan My Travel
Trip Planning Tips and Tricks: How I Plan My Travel

While all of us have our preferences, including me, I have picked up a few best practices and shortcuts that could help almost anyone who plans to a trip.

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Wandering, Most PopularLeslie FarnsworthMarch 9, 2022travel, vacation, culture Comments
Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2022
Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2022

February came along to toss molasses in my path and slow me down. I still made progress across many of my objectives, but not at January’s pace.

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 2, 2022postmortem, goalsComment
Why and How to Treat Your Employees like Your Clients (or Better!)
Why and How to Treat Your Employees like Your Clients (or Better!)

For a team to truly achieve its potential, bosses need to treat employees like clients. Not just the other way around.

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ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 23, 2022employees, management, leadershipComment
Best Podcasts for French Language Learners by CEFRL Level
Best Podcasts for French Language Learners by CEFRL Level

Here are the best podcasts I used in my journey to learning French, whittling it down to the ones I found the most helpful and engaging in each CEFRL level.

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ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 16, 2022French, language learning Comments
Aix-en-Provence: The Best Bakeries and Patisseries
Aix-en-Provence: The Best Bakeries and Patisseries

Here’s our current list of the bakeries and patisseries we tried and refined the selection to a few of our absolute favorites.

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WanderingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 9, 2022France, food Comments
Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2022
Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2022

Who with a fresh set of annual goals doesn’t go into January all fired up?

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 2, 2022postmortem, goalsComment
The Best Books I Read in 2021
The Best Books I Read in 2021

When January 2022 arrived, I struggled to create a super-shortlist of the best-of-the-best from all the books I read. Here’s what I determined.

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthJanuary 26, 2022books, literature, reading Comments
What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence
What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence

Would I like Aix-en-Provence (our base of stay in Provence) as much in the winter as I did in the summer?

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WanderingLeslie FarnsworthJanuary 19, 2022France, culture Comments
Books I've Read: Q4 2021
Books I've Read: Q4 2021

A list of the books I read in Q4 2021, with my favorites in bold. What do you recommend I read in 2022?

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthJanuary 12, 2022reading, books, literatureComment
Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2021
Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2021

Overall, though I didn’t accomplish everything I’d set out to do in 2021, I achieved most of it—though I missed completing two of my top objectives.

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthJanuary 5, 2022postmortem, goalsComment
Weird Things that Happen to Foreigners (that Shouldn’t)
Weird Things that Happen to Foreigners (that Shouldn’t)

I’ve discovered that when you live as a foreigner or immigrant, certain things happen regularly that you’d wish would happen differently—for several reasons.

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MigratingLeslie FarnsworthDecember 29, 2021culture, language learning Comments
Taking the DELF B2 Examination: What to Know and Expect
Taking the DELF B2 Examination: What to Know and Expect

No one likes nasty surprises! So that others can go into the DELF B2 far less blindly than I did, I wrote up my experiences taking the DELF B2 exam. Hope it helps!

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JournalLeslie FarnsworthDecember 22, 2021language learning, education Comments
Addressing the Challenges of Active Mobility or Mobilité Douce
Addressing the Challenges of Active Mobility or Mobilité Douce

How to address current problems and challenges with active mobility, or mobilité douce, with structured, short- and long-term visions.

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ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthDecember 15, 2021cultureComment
Day Trips from Toulouse
Day Trips from Toulouse

The region around the city of Toulouse has treasures of interesting tiny towns and villages to explore, packed with sights, history, and beauty, too.

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WanderingLeslie FarnsworthDecember 8, 2021France, culture, travelComment
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