Category: Living in France
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Cherries, Harley, and the Kitchen all Rolled up in One Juicy Pie.
I packed up the car with: The 25 tons of cherries, the cherry-pitter-machine, the heavy pots, jars with lids to match, enough sugar to cover all of France, the ladle, the scale… basically everything that was in our kitchen,…
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How to do the Quickstep and be ready for Tomorrow
Text by Corey Amaro Holding a large box of cherries, I knocked on Annie's door, then walked in. When I saw Annie, I knew something was wrong; her usual happy-go-lucky face was not what greeted me. Annie said she felt…
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Gone Shoppin’
Gone Shopping.See you later.When is the last time you went shopping with a teenager? Let me say this about that… When shopping with a teenager the whole, wide, world opens up like a technicolor rainbow. The music in the…
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Poppies in Provence
Photos and text by Corey Amaro Poppies.A field full of red poppies. The beginning sign of summer in Provence.First come the poppies, than the lavender, followed by the sunflowers. It is rare, but possible to see the three colors…
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French Toile de Jouy
Photographs of Toile de Jouy by Corey Amaro A few years ago "Y" , a commenter on my blog, wrote me askin g if she could buy something she saw on my blog. I told her that…
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The Kitchen Thing
Photographs and Text by Corey Amaro This kitchen thing has taught me a few things, 1.) I can live with dust, paper plates, and plastic forks. 2.) A microwave is not a bad thing. (We kidnapped my daughter Chelsea's microwave,…