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bestselling blaxpat author Delorys Welch-Tyson

Is Immitation Truly Flattery? Or Not!

December 30, 2011
Tags: Jewish holidays, Kwanza, menorah, kinara, delorys welch tyson, gingersnaps:a novel, black expat blogs, expat blogs
Menorah
Charles Caleb Colton (1782-1832) was an English cleric, author and art collector who was also well known for his eccentricities. The quote, “Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” has been attributed to this gentleman.

The menorah is described in the Bible as the seven-branched ancient lampstand made of gold and used in the  Read More 
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A Logical Sequence of Events

November 13, 2011
Tags: foreclosures, occupy wall street movement, occupy america movement, american middle class, expat blogs, black women in europe.
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Recently I received a letter from a male friend in response to a blog I wrote concerning the precarious situation in regard to the precarious state of the European Union. My friend, a native New Yorker, is an educator, activist and Fulbright scholar and has for decades lived on the West Coast. Here is  Read More 
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Making Friends

November 8, 2011
Tags: expat blogs, making friends abroad, advice for foreign travellors, frienship, Love, Larry flint
Some have said that, as a foreigner, it's difficult making friends abroad. This is what I tell them:




"The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand,  Read More 
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The Occupy Wall Street Movement

November 6, 2011
Tags: Wall Street, occupy wall street movement, expat blogs, black expat blogs
Being far, far away and all, in France, surrounded by EU madness, I am completely baffled by what this Wall Street Movement is really about.

I’ve been wondering, though, if perhaps this brochure, from the Wall Street Language Institute, may be at the heart of the matter?






Really…they gave me this!

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EU Blues...and Still Counting

November 5, 2011
Tags: the euro, EU, european community, expat blogs, black expat blogs, blak writers blogs, delorys welch tyson
"Yo, man! How in the hell did that guy get in here?
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The European Union Blues Part 2: The Countdown

November 4, 2011
Tags: EU blues, EU, European Union, expat blogs, americans in EUrope
"Get that guy out of our organization"
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I Was Running Late

October 11, 2011
Tags: world trade center, expat blogs, black women in europe, black writers in France
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I realize that this is October 11th…an entire month after most have posted their remembrance of 9/11. Finally here is mine.


So sorry about running late!

We had already been living in France, in Villefranche Sur Mer, for over two years on that fateful day when we were running late for an  Read More 
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Falling In Love With French

August 27, 2011
Tags: writers quotes, expat blogs, delorys welch-tyson, writers blogs, quote about france
“Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love”


Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes (British politician, poet, critic and, 1803-1873
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Graffiti in Monaco? Yo Man...That's Whack!

August 4, 2011
Tags: graffiti, art in monaco, expat blogs, delorys welch tyson, hip hop culture
L'Art du Graffitti, Monaco
***Whack: an event, action, or thing which makes no sense or is contrary to a logical course of action; something entirely disagreable or undesirable; A non-sequitor;

ie: "That's whack! "

No way. It's not whack, people...actually it was ***dope!

***dope: adj. cool, nice, awesome

Okay...enough. Since I'm closer to the Woodstock Generation than  Read More 
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