Category: Brocante
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What Do You Do with French Linen and Hemp?
The antique dealer was genuinely puzzled as I loaded bag after bag of his old linen and hemp towels and sheets, “What do you do with these? Do you sew?” I felt cheeky when I replied, “Other than wrapping it…
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French Antique Classic
When two young people were to marry, one of the French traditions was to have an armoire crafted for their shared belongings. Marriage armoires, as they were called, had symbolic details to depict love and happiness; two doves, flowers, a…
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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…