WEBVTT 00:00:00.579 --> 00:00:07.219 Simply merci. Happy New Year, Paris. Here's to 00:00:07.219 --> 00:00:12.339 I. And to you, of course. Within the next few 00:00:12.339 --> 00:00:16.140 days, I'll be curling up with you again. I'll 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:19.559 be with you again physically. And I'm coming 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:23.600 from the Right Place At The Right Time. Sure, 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:25.820 the boiler on the boat is playing up again after 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:29.359 working so smoothly for almost two months. But 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.840 my warmth isn't Fading, even if I get to wash 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.539 the dishes with icy water again. I will walk 00:00:37.539 --> 00:00:39.960 the cobblestones and the rest of the Parisian 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:45.200 grounds, feeling Light, Open, Touched, not denying 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.799 anything but bearing witness to the Unfolding 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:51.399 that has already been happening way before this 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:55.100 new beginning, the previous beginning, before 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:59.659 that, and it will keep happening. I can already 00:00:59.659 --> 00:01:02.560 say I Don't Miss Paris from the unusually calm 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.680 and quiet pier on the Thames in Chelsea, for 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.579 I am now looking at you, or at least in the direction 00:01:09.579 --> 00:01:14.700 of you, wherever I am. Oh, never mind, here comes 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:17.500 the Waves, swinging the boat, testing my flexible 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:21.599 stability, which I have been cultivating Here 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:27.140 And Everywhere Else. I do not foresee going to 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:29.959 jazz bars or dressing up and dancing at a vintage 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:33.239 ball at La Coupole. I do not foresee going to 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.980 the cabaret or browsing the Louvre without queuing 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:40.579 first, thanks to my Amis du Louvre duo. I do not 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:43.060 even foresee going to house parties or meeting 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:45.920 my friends for a café crème, an espresso for 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.400 me, or a kir royal in the afternoon. discussing 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.400 the petty things in the most philosophical ways 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.719 and the essence of all things in the most casual 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:01.120 ways, which is very much my style. I Have Nothing, 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:04.900 Paris. I have nothing to plan but having the 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:07.579 best time with myself wherever I end up going 00:02:07.579 --> 00:02:11.000 and whatever, ou bien, whoever I end up doing. 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:16.580 Only joking. Am I? Too general for you? Oh, but 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:20.990 it's so specific. I am planning on being a bitch 00:02:20.990 --> 00:02:24.409 whatever happens. A bitch to distractions and 00:02:24.409 --> 00:02:27.629 disappointment. A bitch to bad memories and sour 00:02:27.629 --> 00:02:31.030 tastes. Wait, I like some sour tastes. All vinegars 00:02:31.030 --> 00:02:34.090 and fermented stuff stay with me. A bitch because 00:02:34.090 --> 00:02:36.729 I am indifferent to them. Apart from some sour 00:02:36.729 --> 00:02:40.210 tastes, évidemment. I'll show life who the bitch 00:02:40.210 --> 00:02:43.250 really is, who creates it in the first place, 00:02:43.389 --> 00:02:45.909 and who keeps creating it as she goes along. 00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:51.259 I will be dancing to the music on that radio 00:02:51.259 --> 00:02:53.759 that's broadcasting from inside of me without, 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:59.000 or with minimal, resistance. And that is how Madame 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:04.800 Est Servie. Il A Neigé dans ma vie, oui. Yes, 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:08.099 my life has been covered in snow. It's a seasonal 00:03:08.099 --> 00:03:11.800 thing. But when it snows, I could ski. Oh no, 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:15.710 I can't. Or make tea. I mean, pour whiskey. watching 00:03:15.710 --> 00:03:18.169 the white surrounding from inside and feeling 00:03:18.169 --> 00:03:21.409 blessed for being chez-moi, even when I'm not 00:03:21.409 --> 00:03:26.509 home exactly. Oh, how liberating it is to feel 00:03:26.509 --> 00:03:30.169 at home within oneself, to feel one with oneself. 00:03:31.490 --> 00:03:36.409 Je vais bien, I think. Non, je sais que je vais 00:03:36.409 --> 00:03:41.030 bien. My arms are open and my breathing is slow 00:03:41.030 --> 00:03:44.810 and steady, even if the idea of you is always 00:03:44.810 --> 00:03:49.030 exhilarating to me. Paris is always a good idea, 00:03:49.110 --> 00:03:53.490 they say. But it's not about you, Paris. I've 00:03:53.490 --> 00:03:56.110 found the reset button that erases unnecessary 00:03:56.110 --> 00:03:59.569 settings, throwing me out of my path and resumes 00:03:59.569 --> 00:04:03.490 my most creative journey each time I press it. 00:04:04.210 --> 00:04:08.930 Even after I had a strange dream. Quelle reprise! 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:14.520 And do you know that this is my 21st podcast? 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.740 Oh, yes. I came back to writing Imagine Paris 00:04:18.740 --> 00:04:22.500 at letter number 21 when I decided to record 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:25.660 my voice reading it for myself and for my then 00:04:25.660 --> 00:04:29.180 boyfriend, who told me, half-jokingly, it was 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:32.160 his new favourite podcast. And that's how Imagine 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:37.100 Paris podcast began. So, my big fans, thank him 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:41.579 for that. and for a few other things. Si Jamais 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:46.459 T 'as Ton Coeur. I guess Joyeux Anniversaire 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:49.600 To Us isn't quite appropriate as it hasn't been 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.980 a year since this platform for my inexplicably 00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:57.660 sexy voice started. But this episode puts this 00:04:57.660 --> 00:05:01.639 favourite podcast of yours at the top 1 % of all 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:05.079 podcasts in the world in terms of longevity. 00:05:06.509 --> 00:05:09.790 I have cleverly snuck the previous 20 titles 00:05:09.790 --> 00:05:12.209 with the links to the episodes in the blog version 00:05:12.209 --> 00:05:17.709 and in the episode description. Thank you for 00:05:17.709 --> 00:05:23.910 amplifying my voice with your ears. Merci. Simply 00:05:23.910 --> 00:05:31.089 merci. Londres. Le 4 janvier 2026. Je t 'embrasse.