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French Salad
In France lettuce is called, "Salade" (pronounced: Salad). And salad is called, "Salade" in French too. Let-us talk about the classic salad in Provence. First you take a…
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Invitation to Spring, 250 Poems
The book with its floral jacket caught my eye. Dainty, sweet, a bit of spring on a grey day. Oh spring come on now, your teasing ways tend to…
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Heaven Sky Clouds Rain Sea Waves Sand Me Earth.
Cassis was under a wild wonderful wicked storm, all day long. Waking to waves crashing, thunderous, my dream said, "Westport!" though the reality laughed, "Cassis! This loud?" Opening the shutters…
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Provence’s Paintbrush
Pale green is the color of the leaves on the olive trees. Burnt faded orange. Limestone. Shorn wool colored facades. Defining colors in the Provencal landscape has captured my…
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Blooming
When the urn was younger she did what was expected of her. She stood outside and held plants. More often than not the people passing by, praised the flowers…
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Bugnes
Grabbing the plastic bag that I had prepared the night before, I left early in the morning to my friend Annie's house. (Annie was my friend who was 91…
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Out on a Limb
Someone once told me that the difference between a Frenchman and an American could be summarized like this: "If you put a Frenchman and an American in the middle of…
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