Category: Living in France
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Les Temps du Muguet
On the first of May the French give a bouquet of Muguet to one another. I love it! French Husband (like 99 percent of France's population) will go out early in the morning, returning with a bouquet for each of…
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The Leaves Singing in the Wind
Our friends who we have known since we arrived in Provence twenty six years ago, came for a picnic today. We walked to the river (tiny as it is) five minutes away from our house. The gratitude I…
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Poppies in Provence
Oh welcome back red darlings! Your first blooms, long waited, remind me that spring has arrived, my coats and sweaters can go in the back of the closet. The temptation to surrender to days of simple living, barefoot, picnics,…
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Orange Onion Salad, Really?
(Memory 2010) My friend Annie talked about a salad she had as if it were her new best friend. She described it in detail: the crunch of its voice, its tangy personality, its unexpected freshness and with curiosity, like…
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What Will Hold that Stone Sink Up?
The apartment in Cassis, or the Fisherman's House as it known in Cassis, had nothing in it to be salvaged. The plumbing, electricity, two support beams, sagging floors… had to be restored. Basically, the entire place had to be…
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Cassis Renovation: Stairs
Oh the apartment in Cassis. After six weeks of wondering if we were going to have to use ladders to access the upstairs, we finally found an artisan who can build them for us. Hopefully in June he…