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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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Saturday Sweet
Saturday at the brocante I spied this darling handmade cup. I didn't buy it, and that is okay. Thank you for all the advice, thoughts and ideas about…
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…And Then There Was a Sink
Thinking to use this as a kitchen sink… Because after buying the tub why not really make a splash. Yann what do you think? Just say, "Yes, wow, great!"…
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A Letter to Yann, Because He is Away and I Need to Prepare for the Surprise…
Dear Yann, I kind of bought an enormous hand made very old copper tub. It doesn't seem enormous in this photo… But believe me, you are going to…
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Until the Way is Safe Again.
The stories of sadness, reminds me of when Ruth and I were in Paris not far from the attacks, how silent the city was, how you could feel the…
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The Angel Above
My Grandmother Frances came to America from the Azores. Her trunk was filled with simple necessities: A linen towel, a few chemises, a hairbrush, a dress in…
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Orlando
Unfair this life thing. I cannot and do not want to imagine the fear, but there it is staring and it doesn't go away, and it shouldn't. Dancing, as…
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