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Henopause
Growing up on a farm my mother had chickens— but we never treated them as pets. They were simply part of farm life. Gabriel and Olivia, however, are in love…
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Starting a Cabinet of Curiosity for a Client
Little by little, piece by piece, one unusual thing after another—I wade slowly through the brocante, peering into every small box and across each tabletop like a scavenger hunter. I…
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Brocante Cabinet of Curiosities
Years ago, I began creating my own cabinet of curiosities—one centered on everyday little sweet things. I imagined that by the time I might have grandchildren, many of these ordinary…
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The French Brocante Guessing Game Reveal
The bread stamp I discovered yesterday came from the Alps… Kathie got it right. Before homes had its own oven, bread in rural France was baked in a shared communal oven—the four…
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Brocante Guessing Game
Do you know what this little thing is? I am not often stomped. But, today I was. I had no idea, but I overheard a woman explaining what it was…
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You Know the Saying That Goes Something Like- All Looks Calm From the Outside?
From Calm Yeah, that is Yann trimming the ivy while standing on the windowsill from the second floor. And, the neighbor decided to take out the refrigerator from the second…
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Spring in a Plate
Food memories the kind that instantly brings you back to a place, a table, a moment. Years ago, traveling with the children, we stayed in a hotel where they served…
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Faces that Followed me Home From the Brocante
When I go to the brocantes, many things catch my eye—but it’s always the portraits, especially the older ones. The crackled faces, slightly torn, never quite perfect… the ones that…
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Gorgeous, Glorious Easter
After months of rain and grey skies in Provence—during which my down coat and wool scarf seemed to be glued to my body— Easter finally broke the spell. The sun…
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