Category: Living in France
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Cinderella’s Pumpkin Sundae
My Mother called me Cinderella, not because I wore glass slippers, nor for my flare for transforming mice into men, but because I was the oldest child followed by four brothers. Needless…
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The scent of Autumn
Yesterday afternoon, it drizzled outside, an Autumn breeze rushed through the open window. A hunk of Roquefort waited on a baguette, Half peeled clementine, and a cracked pomegranate gathered on a terra cotta…
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Singing in French
Growing up bilingual has its advantages, especially when you live in France and take English in school. Sacha and Chelsea say it is class they don’t have to work hard…
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Une Bonne Fille
Back home, she was considered a good girl, but in Paris, she was considered vraiment bien! When her Mother wrote asking if she were cold? Augustine blushed from afar yet laughed out loud…
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Carte Postal
Ma Chère, The letter begins like many others with a tender greeting. Though the force of the words that followed were like none she had ever read…was this her beloved, suffering…
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Une Amie pour tous les Jours
They had nothing to say to each other, yet they chatted endlessly. They wore the same hair-do, -shopped at the same shops, -shared advice on how to get…