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How to Make Vegetable Soup
How to make vegetable soup. For four servings: Take whatever *vegetable you fancy, preferably one in season. Wash it, cut it into large pieces. Peel an onion, chop it in…
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Annie, and The Fact of Life
Annie and I drank tea. She asked me what was new since I saw her last.I told her that Chelsea had come home for the weekend, that our roof was…
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The Gift of Choice: Between Rain and Cold Sores
Feelings.The whole slug of them: The juicy, the stinky, sometimes tasteless, never boring, often challenging divine mixture that makes for an adventurous thing called life.And when they are stirred, whether…
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In Loving Memory of Aunt Sara
How do we say goodbye to someone who has been a part of our lives…
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Up on the Roof Top Neighbors Paused….
Red tiles adorn the top of homes in the south of France.Red clay roof tiles are called, "tuiles" in French. (There is also a cookie called a tuile, it represents…
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Cafe de Flore: The French Waiter.
Cafe de Flore. The French waiter in his long white apron, with a tray poised perfectly on his hand. Swished around, seriously, attentively, listening to the customer's wants, fulfilling their…
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Bits of Blue throughout Provence
An old blue van by the farm house. The vines have been cut, the wood will be burned in the pizza oven. Faded provençal blue shutters on the hostel in…
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A French Dog named Babette
This is the almond green shutter from the bedroom window where we stayed this weekend.My friend Lisa invited Ladelle and I to come stay with her and go to the…
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In the Heart of Provence
There is a house with almond green shutters. Leading up to the house is a stone wall which is lined with lavender bushes and olive trees. This morning when I woke up I pushed open the…
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Cured Salmon and Potato Blinis
Pascale, who is French, and a chef came to my home the other day to prepare a meal for my family. I sat at my kitchen table and thanked every…
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