Books at the brocante are as plentiful as going to the library, the only difference is it outside, noisy, and you never need to return them. Books on every subject exist at the brocante: fashion, religion, history, dramas, dictionaries, and…

      My friend Valorie brought a group of American women over to my home for a private brocante.  I told them everything in my house was for sale, and as a reference, I added, "… instead of saying…

  Je te bénis. Words that were written in an old French prayer journal I found at the brocante. Someone's hopes, dreams, thoughts, worries written down in prayer. Page after page. Someone's grandmother, mother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, child- How could…

  A French nineteen-century fabric covered candy box. They are not made like this anymore unless they are for bonbons that cost a small fortune, or in cardboard with pretty labels.           A blue grey paper…

          Watching this video I could imagine where the clothing and textile fragments I have found at the brocantes belonged and where or how they were used such as the pockets, or buckles, aprons, pins, corset vials…

                        The porch door was open, inviting the early autumn leaves a place to rest.  A few gathered taking solace by the old porch chair, tattered worn and barely standing, but as…