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How to Drink while Working: Verre du Patron
The everyday view in France: The weekly market with the fish monger, the goat cheese stand, the "egg lady" with her brown eggs in a basket, the hourly church…
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French Guessing Game: Bistro Fare
The scene is set like a table: Sturdy chairs, small wooden tables, plain round wine glasses, ironstone plates, waiters in black pants, white aprons with their shirt sleeves rolled…
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Stories Collected at the Brocante
The wind, that famous freezing Mistral, nearly stopped me from going to the brocante this morning: How dare it! How dare it creep in on a Sunday morning! It has…
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Saturday Art Saves: Terrain Vallonne
Photo via Terrain Vallonne Every Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone…
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Is It Humanly Possible, Eight Years? Does it Mean I am Nuts?
A personal blog: A person who writes their journal online. Open to anyone who "clicks" on it. Their B(ook)-LOG has pages called, "Posts," about their personal day to day life stuff: I am…
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The Feast of Giving Thanks
In the church in the town I grew up in are stain glass windows that were brought over from the old church before it was tore down. They…
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On The Eve of Thanksgiving: How do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Three Words
(2007 Thanksgiving Conversation) Thanksgiving, like the fourth of July, and Halloween are not a French thing. Sacha is sad. Thanksgiving without a turkey is like Christmas without a Charley…
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Bringing up Bebe
On the ground, at the brocante, laid an old handwritten music book with a cut-out white heart attached to the front cover. Thumbing through the pages I stumbled upon…
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French Family Pancakes Chez Nous
Chelsea and Sacha were home for the weekend. The kitchen was the stage. Food rolled out like it had when they lived at home. It came as a surprise to…
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Sunday’s Reflection: Dreams
Dreams are said to be the language of God, symbolic messages. Dreaming is said to be a way our minds or inner being processes the day's events, thoughts and…
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