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Surviving Valentine’s and dreaming of a man in a Red Overalls
There use to be a time that depression would kick in around Valentine's. All that talk about romance, roses, candlelight dinners and the slew of images of beautiful people, happy…
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High School Musical is not a Happy Song when you are Seventeen
May love lead you this Valentine's Day. ….. When you are seventeen a dance is more about who than what. My son dressed and redressed and stood in front of…
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Antiquing in France… How to get the things you bought back home?
Antiquing in France where flea markets and antiques are as plentiful as the stars inthe sky, it is not difficult to be a collector. One can collect an array of…
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Favorite Restaurants in France
Flash back 1988: Staring at the menu, I sat in a cafe in Paris. French Husband translated the menu, but not word for word. He read, "Chicken no. Lamb…
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Where to Stay in France: Part One
You know the saying, “If I had a penny for every time someone askedme…. I would be a very rich person.” Well if I had a penny for every time…
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Creating an Office and Giving a Mouse a Cookie
My calm little life has gone into overdrive, I must get organized. I am not complaining just contemplating how to manage myself. The first step was to move into my…
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Brocante Online. Girl gets Busy
A month or so ago I opened a Brocante Shop online. Never in my wildest dreams, and I do have wild…
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When Your Child Goes Away to College
Chelsea came home this weekend. I met her at the train station we talked in the car about how things were going, and what was new, and about that boy…
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Blue Skies Brocante Calling
Man gone on business. Daughter gone with love. Boy gone on BMX. Blue skies. Mother home, took a long bath… then the blue sky peeked through. Brocante calling after…
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Pied-a-Terre in Aix en Provence
My friend Lisa, another California who lives in France, invited me to her pied-à-terre for lunch. I had not been to her bird's nest apartment and I knew I was…
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