Category: Living in France
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A Monumental Change has Occurred in France
Views of France: The everyday, run of the mill, things that stare you in the face that we barely notice them. Objects that are so much the fabric of France that they are like the water running from the faucet,…
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The Breakfast Cooker is my Champion
Scrambled eggs never tasted so good as they did when French Husband made them this morning. When the eggs touched my taste buds I knew that this was the food of the gods. I asked, "Whatever did you do to…
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A Little Tour of Provence (and the beauty of short legs.)
A picturesque village perched on the side of a mountain, a feast for the eyes during any season. Often you can find painter's painting at the base, the post man knows the steps and the market place is in the…
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Living In France
A village in the south of France. Typical "maison de village" or town houses, three floors high, wall to wall structures three feet of stone per wall, six foot of stone separates neighbor from neighbor… nevertheless I still can hear…
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Talking, Kissing, Brocanting and the whole Apple Strudel
It is a given that I have a thing for antiques, the brocante, the marche aux puces (flea market), the peeling, scratched, tarnish left over from another time. It is a fact I cannot deny. I asked French Husband, “Do…
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The Gift of Choice: Between Rain and Cold Sores
Feelings.The whole slug of them: The juicy, the stinky, sometimes tasteless, never boring, often challenging divine mixture that makes for an adventurous thing called life.And when they are stirred, whether to the boiling point or to a slow simmer with…