{"id":3408,"date":"2024-11-04T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T00:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2024-11-04T00:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T00:15:16","slug":"the-world-holds-its-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=3408","title":{"rendered":"The World Holds its Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Deux-Chevaux.heic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Deux-Chevaux.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3409\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They don\u2019t call French villagers&nbsp;<em>malin<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; wily \u2013 for nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp;We were inching forward in line at the only boulangerie in town, admiring the baguettes leaning like bayonets against the metal rack.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should we try the pain de compagne, or a slim flute? A little village lady, in a flowered house dress, with crinkly apple cheeks, heard our English &#8212; the cat was out of the bag!&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8212; and began chattering.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What were we doing in this picturesque but mini village, how long would we stay? Baguette, s\u2019il vous plait, I said, then answered her, and as we left the closet sized space, she followed me out, now speaking French and launching into a long story of her dear friend who studied with her at university and lives in Vermont.\u00a0\u00a0Under the extravagant shade of the platanes, passing regulars drinking early on a bar terrace, we talked about my years in France. We walked down to the fruit store where a vendor was arranging pyramids of peaches.\u00a0\u00a0My now best friend advised me on tomatoes, and white nectarines, plums.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing near a fountain, still chattering, I finally smiled and said I had to leave.\u00a0\u00a0She grasped both of my hands and held them in her smooth, peach-like palms.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m praying for your country on November 5<sup>th<\/sup>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They don\u2019t call French villagers&nbsp;malin&nbsp;&#8211; wily \u2013 for nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp;We were inching forward in line at the only boulangerie in town, admiring the baguettes leaning like bayonets against the metal rack.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should we try the pain de compagne, or a slim flute? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=3408\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[418,1043,1454,1506,1508,1507],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-donaldtrump","tag-harris","tag-presidential-elections","tag-us-elections","tag-villeneuve","tag-world-elections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4D5qU-SY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3410,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}