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Living with a French man
My idea of exercise is vacuuming the house. My idea of sport is dancing. Yann’s idea of exercise and sport is anything that involves high risk and the sensation of…
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Being Thankful
Most things take time. Which is easily forgotten- with cell phones, computers, internet, google, Amazon, transportation- Life seems to be at our fingertips. Whatever we want when we want it-…
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Dancing Together
Yann and I met dancing in San Francisco. … We haven’t stopped. … My parents jitterbug, my Mother taught me how to dance. Often, while preparing dinner, she would grab…
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Growing up French
Living in France is different than living in California. My experiences of growing up in Willows, a small rural community in Northern California, are far different from my children’s…
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Details of French antiques
Gold thread tassels hang on a painted blue armoire 19th century French armoire.
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French Antique
King of France, Prince de la Chicken Coop or just another pretty face? Who is this man? As I promised yesterday, here is Mademoiselle de la Chicken Coop’s, partner. His…
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Who Is this French Woman
The French Mademoiselle I did not find this portrait in France. I found it inside a very small knick-knack shop in Northern California. A dealer of teacups and saucers, she…
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Galette de Rois
The French tradition is to serve a gateau or galette de rois on, The Feast of Epiphany, which is today! I thought you might like to see the galette des…
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Raphael and his Cherubs
POSTED: Two Chubby Children with Sweet faces, are needed to model for a painting Meet me at the SISTINE CHAPEL…Contact RAPHAEL. The painter, in his heavy linen stained…
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Reasons, Purpose and some imagination
Seeing things through a looking glass, without a Mirror "Do you see that piece of decorative metal there, it could be used as a picture frame?" As I point my…
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