• Something is Missing and I feel Naked

    My Mother lost her wedding ring (years ago) while making macaroni salad at the Parish hall. Her wedding ring slipped off her finger while mixing the mayonnaise with the elbow…

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  • Where to stay in France: La Madone

    Where to stay in France: La Madone in the heart of Provence. At my friends Jean-Bernard's and Nathalie's wonderful bed and breakfast in Apt.   La Madone is my favorite…

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  • So you want to see Wedding Photos after Twenty one Years

    Wedding photos where are they? My wedding photos are in a small book…all eight or nine of them. You would think in an house where there is only one closet,…

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  • My Vintage Wedding Scrapbook

                         My Vintage Wedding Scrap book starts out with few photos. Twenty-one years ago on this day, French Husband and I were married under a rainstorm. I wore my Grandmother's…

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  • When it Snows in the South of France…

                                      On the rare occasion when it snows in the south of France, roads close. Schools close. Shops close. A winter wonder land appears and the day to day life…

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  • Snowing in Provence and the Garden of Eden

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             A pear, a clementine, and an apple that is what we have in our house to dine on, (oh…

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  • Creating a Bathroom 101

                                            The plumber's handshake nearly broke my hand, as I welcomed him into our home.  We talked about the details of installing a bathroom… I showed him the old claw…

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  • French Bathroom Style

                         We worked on the bathroom project. Last year, before I left for California, our bathroom was going to be reinvented. But because of family matters more pressing, the bathroom…

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  • French Husband is up to something Good

    French Husband is downstairs cooking something. I hear the wire whisk against the bowl. French Husband doesn't cook. He doesn't even like to peel a clementine. In all fairness he…

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  • Ah Ha Moment

    While waiting for a friend I sat down on the step and soaked in the sun. There on the rush-hour street, with the screeching of mopeds, the coming and going…

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