Category: Living in France
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What Brings You Triumphant Glee?
Christmas decorations, I miss the houses, like my brother Mark's trimmed in lights. I miss Santa and his reindeers on the rooftops, I miss happy go lucky Christmas carols like, "The Waitresses."" Which reminds me I cannot find my Christmas music.…
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Christmas Past: Memories of Christmas in France
When I arrived in France many moons ago, Christmas trees were not part of Christmas scene as they are so now. The Christmas consumer market had not yet taken off. The French florists had beautiful floral arrangements, but few Christmas…
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November 28, 2005, My First Blog Post, Nine Years and Counting
(First photos on my blog: Blue Armoire door in my bedroom.) The first blog post I ever wrote was back in 2005. Since then I have posted everyday (except for one day this year when Typepad went…
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Back to my Home in France
The flight from California to France was uneventful. Which in fact means it went very well, safe and sound. Someone asked the other day in the comment section, "If I could sleep on the plane?" Let me say…
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Two Homes
The rush is on. What to pack. What to bring. Where is the adaptor plug? Last minute phone calls. Last packages to send from my online shop. Saying good bye to Annie, Chelsea, Sacha, and Yann. Dealing with the…
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French School Days an Old Notebook Found
An old 1900s kind of old, grade school notebook found at the brocante. Grading then was like grading now. Now smiley-face, or a side note of: "A job well done". A 20/20 equals an A plus which…