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Birthday
Today is my daughter’s sixteen birthday. My cousin gave me a wonderful idea… Dangle Sixteen ribbons from the ceiling, at the end of each ribbon tie a sugar cube. Sixteen…
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French Christmas tradition, Santons
19th-century Provencal Santons The clay santons were not in the crèche. Worn from wear, but still holding on to their humble offerings, they were carelessly abandoned into a basket. Who…
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Bûche de Noël
Never makes mistakes Never makes a cake! 1988 "Buche de Noel is my favorite cake!" Bright eyed and hopeful was the response eagerly given by my French husband, the newlywed!…
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Napolean III New Year’s Resolution
Smell the Roses Several years ago I would have passed the car with the trailer, with a blink of an eye. That was before I made the New Year’s resolution…
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Flea market beauty
What's the beauty in Poubelle? Poubelle, means garbage in French. When my cousin Julie, came to visit us in France, she commented to my husband that the French language…
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Broken favorite
Collections The little things I have collected, that have no real value on their own, due to a chip, or a crack or a tear…Instead of throwing the defaulted bits…
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Mama says OM
Cool is Blue Plastic 1997 The day my son stood in front of his bedroom door and said, "My room is not for sale!" I knew my buying…
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Why Not?
Why not give flowers? Why not give joy? Why not say sorry before the other one does? Why wait?
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French Christmas Tradition
Sainte Barbe and the Christmas Wheat On December 4th, the feast of Sainte Barbe, the first Provençal Christmas tradition takes place in France. Growing wheat. First, you find a…
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