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A Thing that is Beautiful
“Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into are awake through years with transferred touch, and go on glowing for years. And for this reason, some…
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Should I Share More Recipes?
My scrapbook cookbook began when I first arrived in France 37 years ago. I bought a thick paperback school notebook and carried it with me everywhere, jotting down notes about…
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Gabriel and the Word Embarrassed
Gabriel (5) asked Chelsea, his mom, what the word “embarrassed” meant. Chelsea gave examples that she knew Gabriel would understand, such as going to pick him up at school with…
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The Way They Were, the Way we Are
Each photo holds a moment that once felt permanent. What remains is not what we see, But a quiet truth- which is felt deeply, understood over time. Even though everything…
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Stand up/Speak Out
« Episcopal Bishop, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, publicly called out Trump to his face today at a service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. This was some next level Jesus-style…
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Floating Islands, a French Dessert
When I first came to France, the first dessert I had at my mother-in-law’s was Îles Flottantes—Floating Islands. I had never heard of it, nor had I ever tasted it, but…
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Have You Been Following Chelsea?
A few photos from Chelsea’s Instagram. If you haven’t been following her go take a peek by tapping this link. Your French Rendez- vous
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A Fragile Hope
On this day, when a cease-fire in Gaza offers a pause in the storm, a fragile hope that surfaces. It’s a hope held together by threads of possibility, tinged with…
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Grocery Shopping in Normandy, Plus Recipes
Every region in France has its food specialties In Provence, you’ll find goat cheese, rosé wine, bouillabaisse, tomatoes, melons, and olives. In Normandy, it’s oysters, Calvados, apples, cream, carrots, cider,…
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Walking the Sand Dunes in Normandy
Yann’s mother has called Normandy her home for several years now. She moved there from Brittany, a region where she grew up, but ultimately left behind due to her age…
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