Category: Living in France
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Brocante Cabinet of Curiosities
Years ago, I began creating my own cabinet of curiosities—one centered on everyday little sweet things. I imagined that by the time I might have grandchildren, many of these ordinary objects would be unfamiliar to them. I imagine the stories…
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The French Brocante Guessing Game Reveal
The bread stamp I discovered yesterday came from the Alps… Kathie got it right. Before homes had its own oven, bread in rural France was baked in a shared communal oven—the four communal,- the four banal. Families would prepare their dough at home,…
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You Know the Saying That Goes Something Like- All Looks Calm From the Outside?
From Calm Yeah, that is Yann trimming the ivy while standing on the windowsill from the second floor. And, the neighbor decided to take out the refrigerator from the second floor- using a rope that only was tied around the…
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Faces that Followed me Home From the Brocante
When I go to the brocantes, many things catch my eye—but it’s always the portraits, especially the older ones. The crackled faces, slightly torn, never quite perfect… the ones that have been hanging out in dark attics. If you came…
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Gorgeous, Glorious Easter
After months of rain and grey skies in Provence—during which my down coat and wool scarf seemed to be glued to my body— Easter finally broke the spell. The sun came out, and suddenly it was summer. Gabriel with his…