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My Favorite Annie Story in Memory of Annie
An old post about Annie that I love: While threading the needle to sew Sacha's worn jeans I asked Annie if she had any tender memories of living…
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The Festa
Sacha is in the land of milk and honey, or should I say sweetbread and sopas, or with his va and chocolate chip cookies, he is in Willows,…
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Rule of the Fleamarket
On the way home a flea market happened to sprout up. Wonders never cease: It was an evening flea market where the locals gathered with bits and pieces…
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French Seduction
The road to the brocante is never the same way twice. The seasons make sure of that. The old things gathered tell me so, ah and the stories mingled…
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The House Next Door
Imagine the tree that once was a seedling somewhere in Provence, that is what I think of each time I see the beams in the bedroom, they have been…
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Renovation Two Places at the Sme Time
We started a second renovation, we are doing two at once. One in Cassis: Today the front door was delivered. The second renovation is a small house next to…
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Summertime Memory: A Trail of Happiness
Repost 2008 The boy who dreams the entire year long for summertime in Willows is happily living his dream. Yesterday he turned sixteen and his Cousin Curtis and…
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Blackberry Pie
I can't stand it. Sacha is in Willows, my hometown, with his cousins… his being there makes me want to run and catch the next plane. The subject…
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The 24th Birthday
Twenty four years ago I gave birth to Sacha. Today he is in Willows celebrating with my family, his heartland. I wish I could be there too! Though I…
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