https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:21:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2010/05/14/learning-french-at-alliance-francaise/ Fri, 14 May 2010 09:24:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2010/05/14/learning-french-at-alliance-francaise/ When I was younger, I used to read about all the things one should do to prevent a middle-aged brain degenerating into an old and useless brain. Learning languages was on every list. That’s always been a passion of mine. So, one day, you wake up, and discover: YOU are middle-aged. Time to learn those […]

The post Learning French first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2010/05/08/mon-maison/ Sat, 08 May 2010 14:02:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2010/05/08/mon-maison/ Zoe and I go to conversation classes at the Alliance Francaise once a week. We were asked to describe our favourite place in the world. Everyone else said places like Switzerland, New Zealand, Venice, Costa Rica. Zoe said, “Mon Maison. I love my house. I love my new conservatory. I love my garden. I love […]

The post In Which Zoe Says Her Favourite Place in the Whole World is Her Own Home first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]>