Category: Living in France
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Brocante and Lunch
Simple pleasures: Brocante in the morning, followed by lunch, catching up with brocante friends in the afternoon. Spent some time meeting contacts for the next French Muse, plus planning artist's and antique dealer's homes for us to visit, for…
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Letters From the Past
Repost from 2009 The other day at the brocante I found a stack of letters written during World War Two (WWII) between a husband and his wife. The husband lived in the city, and the wife and their child…
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A House in the Middle of a Vineyard
Not far away from where I live is a big old abandoned house. It has stone walls, frame less windows, a basement, and gigantic wooden support beams without a roof. Over the…
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In Memory of Aunt Mary
My Aunt Mary was my mom's older sister. Aunt Mary had seven children, was a nurse, and such a sweet person (just like all my mother's sisters are.) I always loved staying at her home when I was a…
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Winter Delicious-ness
Three leeks sliced into halos, Four potatoes in their red jackets, diced, One long orange carrot sliced, to add color, Put the halos, the red jackets and the carrot into a pan, barely cover the friends in vegetable bouillon. Bring…