When Stories Connect Us Across Continents: This Week’s Bulgarian Folktale

Coucou les French Story Listeners,

What a joy it is when our stories spark creativity!

Last week, Nadya shared the most adorable crochet work inspired by “Chat et souris associés” on our Telegram group.

Look at this precious orange cat and tiny white mouse she created – complete with whiskers and that unmistakable mouse tail!

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Heather’s discovery: “Never trust a cat” (+ this week’s tale)

Chers amis,

Last Saturday’s gathering was warm and intimate—like sitting together by a winter fire.

We talked about your French habits for the new year.

We worked through connecting to Telegram step-by-step (if you missed it, watch the replay here—I walk you through the whole process on screen).

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Session de Happy hour du 3 janvier 2026

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Bonne année—let’s gather this Saturday ☕

Bonne année et bonne santé, dear friend,

I hope 2026 has begun gently for you.

Can I be honest? Of our 1,100+ French Story Listeners, only 56 have joined our Telegram community so far. And I’ve been wondering why.

Maybe the tech feels confusing.

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Could 15 Minutes Change Everything? ⏰

Bonjour tout le monde ! 👋

I’ve been thinking about something lately, and I shared it with you in this week’s Community Chat discussion about Spending Time Wisely ⏰.

It’s a topic that’s been on my mind because, honestly, I struggle with it myself –

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See It Before You Speak It: The Power of Visualization in French Learning 🧠✨

Bonjour tout le monde ! 👋

I hope you’ve been enjoying your French journey this week!

If you haven’t stopped by the Community Chat lately, you’re missing out on a really fascinating conversation happening right now: visualization and French acquisition.

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“It’s Both Exciting and Stressful” – And Other Questions That Make You Think in French 🤔

Bonjour tout le monde 👋

A Question from the Teen Stage 🌟

I hope you’ve been enjoying your French journey this week!

Our member @Grzesiek is working through the Teen Stage (congrats, @Grzesiek! 🎉), and has been answering the question “Qu’est-ce qui me stresse en ce moment?”

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