Category: Brocante
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Eight Ball
Hustler: A hustler is someone who goes into a pool bar pretending not to know how to play, finds some losers who aren’t pretending, and then tries to trick the losers into betting huge amounts of money on a pool…
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February 2nd Feast Day of Light
Presentation of the Christ child to the Temple …To give of myself to others, to say, “Here I am!” Candlemas Let your light shine in all you do and say. Be a light in the darkness! Light a candle as…
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Monet Never Lingered over His Food.
Early in the morning, after I had set up my wares to sell at the brocante market, I quickly took a tour to see what might be interesting to buy. Not faraway from my stand, in fact on the other…
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Spotted!
Sacha’s friend Fabrice looked at the balls on our dining room table. He passed a strange look at me, and then he leaned in close to Sacha and whispered, “C’est normal que ta mère ait des boules de canon sur…
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Antique Baby Rattles Charm Older Woman
Baby rattles are not practical for someone who doesn’t have a baby and is half as old as they are, if not more. Yet, when I saw them, I wanted them. “I could make them into a charm bracelet!” That…
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Raining Cats and Dogs
Rain and Snow do not happen often in the South of France, but when it does, it does so with vengeance, like a mad dog after a sneaky cat. Since yesterday morning it has continuously done one or the other; Rained cats…