Category: Living in France
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Threading a Needle … Do you Sew?
I walked over to Annie's with my ole favorite pants under my arm and in the other hand a bag of fabric to remake them. The week before my ole favorite pants popped a hole in the knee,…
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King Louis Wore Pink, and Lace too
I found a locket at the brocante with a photo of two children sitting next to each other. The little boy has a ruffled collared shirt and cuffs, his vest and shorts are in velvet. When Sacha…
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Do you parlez merde ou pas?
(Photographs on this blog by Corey Amaro unless stated otherwise.) Why doesn't French Husband speak French to me? Really after twenty four years you would think he would… and if he can say to me, "Rubber Beer" for…
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A Lion on the Stairs
Annie came over yesterday. She said if she stayed in her house any longer she was going to go crazy. I told her I was nursing a headache. She said she never had one in her life. God I…
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Sacha and his Girlfriend
Sacha hasn't seen Mila in over a year. Since we live in a small village in the country, when Chelsea and Sacha were in junior high and throughout high school they…
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If I were a Tree in my Village I would be Afraid.
In the French village where I live there is a river that runs through it, plus many century old Plane trees that grow around it… …