• The Secret Garden

      Amongst the flowers that fade there is a spirit that does not grow pale, reborn season after season, life after life, coming again and again, tangible and fragrant. Reminding…

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  • Lunch with my Mother-in-Law

                                I am in Rennes at my Belle-Mère’s home. We have grown accustomed to one another, The frost we use to…

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  • Colors of a Lifetime

                             A green bucket of zinnias from my Mother’s garden sat on the yellow kitchen table this summer. Memories filled my mind,…

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  • South of France

                                 My next door neighbor’s door is painted in boeuf rouge and ocre jaune. The forged iron door handle and lock…

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  • French Feast

    The French love food! Right down to their pieds. They do it right, it is a ritual, in perfect timing with the church bells. From the white linen, to the…

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  • Her words spoke truth

                             While sitting on the balusters her thoughts had unfolded before her. Word by word, sentence by sentence, a never ending stream.…

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  • Time on her Hands

                                   Chelsea, (my teen-aged daughter,) had already missed one bus to Marseille when the next bus passed her by! Racing…

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  • Song Catcher

                                 Songs of life were swirling above her, it called to her as she walked by…as much as she wanted to…

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  • Singing in French

                                 Growing up bilingual has its advantages, especially when you live in France and take English in school. Sacha and Chelsea…

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  • An act of Kindness

                                                                 In a blue box trimmed with paper lace,  …

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