During the two lockdowns we have had so fare in Spring and Fall of 2020, I had to find some occupation to keep my hands busy and try not to think to often of the pandemic developing around us… I started to make various “pastries”, but mainly “chouquettes” at first as they are my favorite!

It was also time for carrots cakes with cranberries and mapple sirup, apricots “clafoutis”…

I used a ” flowers pots” approach to make small bread loafs…not a great success I should say ;-)!

Then came banana bread, chouquettes, small almond-flavored and coconut-flavored”cookies” using an alsatian recipe…

Then came scones, cheese gougers, apricot jam…

In between the two lockdowns, it was time for magdalens, financial cakes… During this time, in August, my great son was visiting. I made magdalens and financial cakes using applesauce instead of sugar… better be creative :-)!

Cherries clafoutis, chouquettes, almond-flavored cookies, magdalens, coconut-flavored cookies, pistachio-flavored cookies…

During the second lockdown, it was near Christmas: it was the time for “bredeles”, the alsatian cookies typical of this period of the year…

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To celebrate “the brexit” more cranberries scones and my favorite the chouquettes!

Christmas chouquettes and first try to make “hard” chocolate chips cookies…not bad ;-)!

Greetings from Bures-France! We are still in lockdown…

Beside the “special medical events” I had to deal with over the 4 last years (hematopoietic stem cells graft, carcinomas), as an “aging person” I have now a classical problem: to deal with the cataract!A week ago, I had the first surgery, on the left eye. I was scared, although it went well…

The second surgery took place on monday, december 7th…. I was scared as hell , although it was not too new :-(! Like for the first surgery, I slept during the whole time, so I have no memory of what happened after I got an injection of some kind of “relaxing” chemical :-)!

The best thing is that from now on I might not need anymore prescription glasses! Big change (I had them for 52 years!).

I am now “an enhanced human”, being a chimera woman/man with new eyes :-)!

I am now wondering what kind of improvement I should consider. Any suggestions?

Each time I have to. deal with events related to my health, I am always afraid that the fantastic job made at the St Antoine Hospital by the “stem cells graft team” and in particular my kind graft doctor, might be compromised…. Stupid I know ;-)!

Story will be continued in a few days…

This week, I had an appointment with the ophtamologist to check if everything was OK. I got the “official” news that from now on I will be googles free! Not sure people will recognize me :-)!

With love…

For the ones not aware of the french slang, “mirettes” means eyes :-)!