Category: Brocante
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A Life Well Lived
This was the sugar bowl that shattered on the red tile floor when it fell from Mademoiselle Elise's hand back in 1916. This was Mademoiselle Hoped-to-be-Husband, Pierre-Louis. Often she told her children how…
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Poetic Chapter
A pile of old French religious books were scattered on the ground at the brocante, dumped out of a box that someone had probably collected from cleaning out an attic. The fountain pen writing in the book was…
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The Arrow that Flies
Sacha bought his airline ticket to go to the U.S. today. As in Seattle. As in going to live in Seattle. As in leaving France, as in leaving. Leaving France, leaving us. I tried not to cry when he…
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A Scene in the Life of a Brocante Dealer
The Scene: Two women walking around a very shabby and not so chic brocante in France. Characters: Gina: An American woman who speaks some French, loves the brocante, knows what she likes and is happy to be brocanting…
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Creating Space in an Old Home
The heat wave that had been raising havoc these last few weeks finally broke, bringing strong cool winds. At the brocante the usual conversation of what one has found and how much they paid for…
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What I saw amongst the many antiques that caught my attention at the brocante today. A few sweet beauties that for one reason or another that I do not understand made me stop and take a photo. …
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