One of the great joys of Paris has to be the scores of specialty museums, each with its own focus, each with its own charms. Some of the museums mentioned in the following article will be familiar to the readers of ‘Desperately Seeking Paris,’ in that I’ve blogged on them: le musée Picasso in the exquisite Hotel Salé; the musée D’Orsay in the magnificently reconstructed train station; and the challenging musée du Quail Branly, a veritable vertical garden, its walls cloaked in greenery.

What intrigued me about the article was how, if you planned well, you could save yourself a bundle of euros, enough to splurge on a lovely lunch with a glass of vin rouge between the morning and afternoon visits.

Happy Father's Day!  The following quote, which says it all, comes from T. D. Jakes, an American author, pastor and filmmaker: 

I want to congratulate all the men out there
who are working diligently to be good fathers
whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers
or just spiritual fathers. 

And what follows is an article that appeared about Veronica's Grave in the Independent Journal Review. 

In the 1940s, when Barbara Bracht Donsky was 3 years old, her mother vanished from her life. At first, her father told Barbara only that his wife had gone away for a while, and the little girl distracted herself with her grandmother, brand-new baby brother, and the various relatives and friends who regularly gathered at their lively apartment. When, five years later, her father announced they were moving and asked Barbara to call a pretty new woman “Mom” and never mention her “real” mother again, she knew something was really wrong.

Coming soon is the Barbara Donsky Author website.  We’re stepping into a whole new world, but the devil is still in the details. Under construction and nearing completion, there are a few snags that need to be ironed out. I’ve become quite fond of this website, as have a number of you, but after two years, it was time for a change. We’re hoping to launch next week.  Stay tuned.