Category: Living in France
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Lady Godiva meet my son Sacha
Airline tickets… check. Rides from San Francisco to Willows… check. Grandmother knows Grandson is coming to live with her… check. 44 pound suitcase allowance… a decision needs to be made. Clothes or Bike? To go in style or ride with…
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Tarzan, Jane and the Monkey in Me
Photos by our friend: Vlad Yesterday our friends Vlad and Denise invited us to their place in Cotignac. Denise, a Canadian blogger who I met last year, and who has taken the mission of getting my rear…
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How to Die in Style
Annie's story continues: Walking home from Annie's house I traced back over her story: Where she was born, why they left Greece, arriving by boat to Marseille with the icon in one hand and the sewing machine in the other,…
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French Country Girl
Photo (above) and text by Corey Amaro: The evening was just beginning when I sat down at Annie's kitchen table. Rarely do I know where her stories will take me, though disappointment is never mine. I asked Annie if…
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The Fountain of Life
I dipped my hands into the fountain. The cold water felt so good I sunk my hands deeper, up to my elbows. Instantly, I was cooled off. In our village there are sixteen fountains, it is not uncommon to see…
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In Memory of Mr. Porte
Photos and text by Corey Amaro: When my children were little, we had a magical, organic, vegetable garden. We had tomatoes until December, green beans that made Jack-in-the-bean-stalk, look like any Tom-Dick-or-Harry-kind-of-ordinary-guy, and spinach that made Popeye, green with envy.…