To our circle of French Story Listeners,

I’ve been reading a book this week called How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens, and one line stopped me mid-page.

He writes that we tend to think we understand what we read — until we try to put it into our own words.

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

A little earlier than usual this week as I’m heading off to Elche, Spain, for a Touch Football tournament! But before I lace up my boots, I didn’t want to leave you without your weekly dose of French.

So here we are.

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

I’ve been thinking about you this week as I prepared this story, and I really think this one is special.

It’s quiet, a little mysterious, and it carries something I can’t quite put into words. Which is perhaps the whole point.

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

This week, we are doing something quietly beautiful together.

The story is called Dame Saule, Lady Willow.

It is a love story. A tender one. The kind that stays with you long after the last word.

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Something lovely happened this week — we quietly crossed 100 members on our Telegram community. 🎉

That’s 105 story lovers choosing to learn French through stories, not grammar charts.

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Take a breath. You showed up. That already matters.

This week, we’re stepping into one of the great dramas of French theatre, Le Cid by Pierre Corneille.

Corneille was a 17th-century French playwright, often called the father of French tragedy.