Month: April 2025
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One Bunny, One Bird, and Paw Patrol
« One Easter photo please? » I asked the Pickles. Sometimes—no, often—the photo I have in mind to take of my grandchildren is not at all what they have in mind, and nothing I say is going to make it happen. Which, in the…
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Breaking Bread- Holy Thursday
There is something in the breaking of bread that feels older than memory, older than the words we speak at a ritual. It is not about ceremony, not really. It is about that moment when one hand reaches toward another,…
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Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence
Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence (a museum , restaurant, café, garden, and gift shop.) Most of all a delight. Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence was originally a private hôtel particulier (a grand townhouse) built in the 18th century. Construction began in…
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Becoming Spring
After winter, when seeds have sat in silence, waiting, something stirs— Quiet, unseen, beneath the soil it’s not about rushing the bloom, but trusting the thaw. Life, like a flower doesn’t force its way out of the cold—it listens, it…
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Deliciousness Overload
Years ago, I stumbled upon a charming antiques shop, filled to the brim with floral and landscape paintings and delightful tabletop décor. While chatting with the owner, I learned that his wife, Isabelle, was a chef with a nearby restaurant.…
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Blessed is the One Who Comes…
Palms rustle like whispers of hope in dry wind, waved by hands that know both praise and pain—children’s voices echo hosannas down dust-veiled roads where ancient stones remember every footstep, every march. A king once rode humbly, not with might…