Category: Brocante
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Brocante Guessing Game
Do you know what this little thing is? I am not often stomped. But, today I was. I had no idea, but I overheard a woman explaining what it was to another person- well I’ll be darn. I had to…
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Faces that Followed me Home From the Brocante
When I go to the brocantes, many things catch my eye—but it’s always the portraits, especially the older ones. The crackled faces, slightly torn, never quite perfect… the ones that have been hanging out in dark attics. If you came…
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Easter Day
Love Joy PEACE Compassion all the goodness to celebrate! photos: on a large handpainted panel from the 1700s.
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Never to Young, Never to Old-
Never too young nor too old to go to a brocante—there’s truly something for everyone. That’s what I’ve learned from taking groups of people along. When you go with others, you start to see things differently; you see things through…
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The Green Fairy Drink- Absinth
Absinthe—born in the late 18th century, first as a remedy, a tonic of wormwood and herbs. Switzerland, then France. It found its way into cafés, onto marble tables, into the rhythm of afternoons. Served slowly. A glass, a slotted spoon,…
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The Brocante Rabbit For Easter
The first time I saw one of those rabbits at the brocante, I smiled wide with delight. I nearly tripped over myself reaching for it, as if someone else might snatch it away in that very second. Never mind that…