Category: Living in France
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Have and Have Not
Photo text author unknown Jean-François Millet painted The Gleaners in 1857.
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Dancing in the Park
Walking home hand in hand with Olivia after her dance class, we heard someone playing music. We followed the sound and found a man, alone in our town’s park, playing the saxophone. Olivia ran to a bench, telling me to…
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Thankfulness
I want to pause for a moment and say thank you to those of you who reached out to me both before and after my blog was down. Knowing that people noticed, cared, and took the time to write reassured…
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Frustrating Blog Complications-
For twenty years I have written a blog every day. I missed a single day when my platform at the time, Typepad, had a technical problem for about 24 hours and it could not post. I changed platforms two years…
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Reflection on Winter Day
Sitting at a café, looking out at a winter day as a cold wind rushes by. I reach for the warm cup and hold it close against the chill, As if it is a small morning prayer. For a moment,…