Nora Brossard | Women's Voices For Change

Love In All Contexts: A French Valentine for My Heart’s Desire

By Nora Brossard

“France knew me when my heart was young and gay, welcomed me as a bride, forgave me my trespasses, and shared the keys to knowing what is good in life. Now older, if not wiser, I still look to France as the beacon of all that is civilized.”

Mother’s Day Reflection: Portrait of a Lady

By Nora Brossard

My father’s sister told me she had always loved my mother’s 19th-century sensibility. “Unhand me,” Mom would say if my cat rebuffed a caress, likening her to a Victorian heroine resisting the advances of an unworthy suitor.

Volunteer Passion No. 5: “Highlights” Tour Guide at the Met

By Nora Brossard

It's a lightning tour: We have to hustle, for we contemplate seven different works of art, in seven different galleries, in an hour. (At least there’s no time for anyone in my group to get bored.)