While threading the needle to sew Sacha's worn jeans I asked Annie if she had any tender memories of living during World War II? If there was any light in that dark passage. Anything that reminded her of beauty…

                               Spring is in the air and our garden was in need of a haircut. French Husband, Sacha, and I set out with clippers after breakfast. We are amateur gardeners, who debate where and how much to trim. It is…

I was up on a ladder, in my garden, trimming a rose bush when my friend Annie came over to visit. Looking up at me, then the rose bush she said, "How I wish I were up on that ladder!…

Take an old, chair carcass, cover it with moss, set the chair on the table as a center piece. My friend Laure is a floral artist. Need a shelf? Laure uses an old bench as one, hooks it to the…

This is a can/bottle top opener. Simple, straightforward, good design, about twenty years old and I brought it from America to France. Because, at that time I could not figure out how to use the even simpler French can opener…

                                        Okay, I am going to get right down to the task at hand and answer the questions that you have asked me. I will try to keep the answers short, and some of them I will go into depth…