Between Paris and California: Notes on a Life in Two Worlds

What It’s Like to Live Between Two Places

People often ask what it feels like to move between Paris and California.
My answer is always the same: It teaches you how to notice.

• To see the way daylight shifts between 2 locations.

• To hear the sounds of the neighborhood.

• To observe small local details, individual and unique for each place.

Postcard Story: Windows in Paris

Windows are one of my favorite subjects — everyday scenes that hold endless stories.

From my handwritten postcard:

"I love to notice the windows when wandering a place. What would the view be like to look out? What's the view looking in? What's on the sill - a cat, a plant, some laundry drying... Windows offer a peek into a location that seem so familiar yet new at the same time. Bises, Betsy"

Paris windows are characters, each one a little world of its own.

Print & “Color-Your-Own” Postcard

Today’s Printable: Windows of Paris

This outline template invites you to experiment with:

• filling in what's in the windows

• adding unexpected colors

• seeing the semetry and geometric patterns of window frames and Paris architecture

• inside/outside reflections and more...

A Little Note

If creative travel calls to you, and you have a love of France, stay close. My retreats are open to all who want to experience travel with a whole new lens and postcard readers always hear first.