• The Festa

    The Portuguese Festa begins with a parade. Tradition has it that a a little girl and young woman are both crowned Queen for the day. In the 14th century Queen Isabella…

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  • The Portuguese Festa

    The Portuguese Festa (fes-tah) is about food, have you ever been to a Festa? Today in a small town called, Princeton in California, there is a Portuguese Festa. It takes…

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  • I Spy with my Little Eye

                           I must confess that I enjoy spying on Molly (my five year old niece) as she spies on Chelsea and her boyfriend Mr. Espresso. I have found her spying…

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  • Sweet Surrender

                                             Sweet surrender. I didn’t know that I was holding on. I didn’t know. Until French Husband reached out and held me. Then I knew what I didn’t know…

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  • Homecoming

                 More about the homecoming tomorrow.. Today is about red lipstck, listening to Chelsea's stories about the last four months in university, and of course checking out Mr. Espresso. The…

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  • The Aroma of France

                             Molly my five year old niece went with me today to the grocery store. While driving  there she told me she could smell France. I thought to myself that…

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  • Playing at the Edge

                           Building blocks. Kate stacks them one at a time, slowly, precisely and yet she plays with them right at the edge of the table. Watching her play I see myself… with…

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  •                        The jewels of daily life (the rubies, pearls and diamonds) are the day to day simple moments… The ordinary is extraordinary.  

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  • Cinderella’s Slipper

                            Someday soon her Prince will come, and the first thing she is going to do after kicking off her slippers is to give him a big sloppy kiss right…

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