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The First Time
In France, there’s a quiet little tradition that adds a touch of magic to everyday moments: the first time you experience something in a season—whether it’s spotting your first puppy,…
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Here We Go Again
Another wonderful group has gathered—women with kindred hearts, and a love for the old, the beautiful, and the perfectly imperfect. We are here, together in Provence , ready to wander…
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Sharing the Brocante Experience with You
Here we go again—another week of antiquing adventures and soaking up France one brocante at a time, this time in collaboration with Red Shed Tours. While The French la Vie journeys officially…
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Let’s Go Antiquing
Where I have connected to wonder-filled friends, and have been invited to take you who have joined me on a French la Vie to visit, and experience what I have…
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A Few Things I Saw at the Brocante
You never know what you’ll find or what might spark your curiosity. What did I buy? Strangely, with 800 dealers, not much. I was looking for certain items but didn’t…
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Easter Monday is a Holiday in France
In France, there’s no Easter Bunny. Instead, there’s a story I love—one that still feels wrapped in a bit of mystery and childhood wonder. On Good Friday, the church bells…
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Easter Morning
The tomb is empty. And that changes everything. Light over darkness. We can breathe — away from fear, from indifference, from the noise of the world — and into the…
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The Feast of Light
There is a hush I feel inside lately. A silence that doesn’t come from peace, but from absence.Something is missing.Something soft. Maybe it is love.Maybe we’ve placed it on a…
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One Bunny, One Bird, and Paw Patrol
« One Easter photo please? » I asked the Pickles. Sometimes—no, often—the photo I have in mind to take of my grandchildren is not at all what they have in mind, and nothing I…
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