Category: Living in France
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How to Be French in France
More than wearing a scarf, or knowing the different ways to use “ooh la la, and ca va,” or how to slice cheese at dinner, here are a few clues: When entering a shop, pharmacy, gas station, or anywhere, say Bonjour first.…
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Irresistible
Standing in the kitchen, a half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich; next to it, a chocolate cookie and a glass of water. Olivia holds tightly to her favorite book, Rapunzel. On the table, Gabriel’s Mother’s Day gift is stuffed in…
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Poppy Field at Last
Funny how a poppy field finds me whenever I am wearing a white dress.
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Straw Hat Days
Sunlight spreads over the garden. A blanket unfurled. A picnic basket laden with olives, radishes, buttered baguette- A straw hat cheers the day. Spring leans towards summer, hand in hand until one lets go. The melody of bees busy amongst…
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A Painting of the Ordinary Beauty
The same worn wooden table. The same lamp. The same knife haphazardly left on the edge. Objects resting exactly where a painter once paused her gaze before lifting a brush. One could almost feel her there still, sleeves rolled, daylight slipping…