Category: Living in France
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What says French to you?
Photos and Text by Corey Amaro. 1. Ice cubes that are brought to your table in an ice bucket. 2. Church bells ringing on the hour, and every half hour throughout the day. 3. Bread baked in linen, lined…
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When You Live in France
When you live in a foreign country rather than the one you know as home, there are certain things you expect will be different, unusual, far from the norm of what you are accustom…
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A French Woman
Photo: Annie in her younger days. My friend Annie is nearly 90 years old, she is my neighbor. We have been friends for nearly 15 years. Annie has two children. She left her husband when she was 84 years…
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Standing amongst the Roses
I remember the day like it was yesterday, though it was over ten years ago. I went up the hill to visit my friend Annie. She told me to come mid morning to help her pick the roses. Annie is…
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An Old French Bastide’s Welcoming
There is an old *bastide that I pass by when I go to the grocery store. A bastide, that takes my imagination for a ride, and has me dreaming of opening its closed shutters, and peeking inside. Often when I…