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La Séduction
Just let yourself be entirely seduced by the irrepressible attraction of the springtime, and beyond any particular season, by the absolute and ineffable beauty of life that has no other plan than to draw you into its dance.Â

Carsten Sprotte
Apr 193 min read


La Tendresse
The sight of one of these newly-formed leaves, just like the sight of a hatched chick or a newborn baby, inspires la tendresse.

Carsten Sprotte
Apr 22, 20243 min read


L'Espérance
When all hope has failed Let us enter into this momentous and fearful new year with great espérance. The English language glibly gobbled...

Carsten Sprotte
Jan 2, 20244 min read


L'Altérité: our view on others
A word with subtle saving power in our present predicament Over the past twenty-five years since I settled in France, I have been asked...

Carsten Sprotte
Oct 19, 20235 min read


La Bonne Foi
How to be honest and earnest in French...sincèrement Sincerely. Unlike so many traditional letters in English that end with that word,...

Carsten Sprotte
Sep 10, 20233 min read


L'Honneur
A one-word excavation of the French mind As you walk a winding medieval stone path or wonder at Roman ruins, you easily get the sense of...

Carsten Sprotte
Jul 17, 20235 min read


Déjà vu? Says who?
What you may not already know about the word "déjà " The first French word on which I'll offer a finer focus is the very one that names...

Carsten Sprotte
Jun 17, 20233 min read
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