A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

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She/her. Montrealer. Full-time freelance content creator, blogger and translator (French to English/ English to French). Currently working on several manuscripts about the life of composer Violet Archer (my great aunt).

Month: July 2012

  • Off to Nihon

    I’ll be traveling to Japan for the next few weeks so I won’t have time to write new articles but I will be using this blog to post photos and perhaps short stories if I find the time. See you soon!

  • The Living Room

    This is our living room. Like the other rooms in our home, it isn’t big, but what it lacks in size, it makes up in height and cachet. This means that we’ll be using these tall walls by adding lots of shelving in order to store our (quickly growing) collection of books, DVDs and random…

  • Little Japanese girl

    Little Japanese girl

    I got this card for my birthday two years ago. A colleague had gone out to the papeterie next to our workplace during her breaktime. When she came back she handed me an envelope with, inside it, this cute card. She said it reminded her of me. I look Asian. I know that’s a vague…

  • The concert ticket stub keepsake box

    The concert ticket stub keepsake box

    Note: By clicking on the names of the bands, a new tab will open and you’ll get to hear a song by the band in question. If the band’s name is mentioned more than once, each one will be linked to a different song. Enjoy! I have box full of concert ticket stubs. Esthetically speaking,…

  • SHOES-WALKING ON SAINT-LAURENT BOULEVARD

    SHOES-WALKING ON SAINT-LAURENT BOULEVARD

    For this second walk, I suggest that you only have a light breakfast because you will be well served in terms of food here. Find some comfy shoes and get walking! Shoes: Bohemian spartan sandals Time: 1h30 to one day. Pressed on time or lazy legs? Hop on the 55 bus line starting at Saint-Laurent/Viger.…