Category: Living in France
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French Husband’s New Necktie
Photo: A French vintage collage that I saw at the flea market. "Honey?! I have a great idea for a necktie!" I said teasingly with a straight face. "Corey don"t even think about it!" French husband exclaimed, "You can decorate…
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Living Romantic Style
photo: A detail of a French illustration that I found at the flea market yesterday. Circa 1914. To purchase a copy, contact me at my email located on the sidebar. Romance: Not to be confused with love, and not to…
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A Mother’s Love
My Mother’s kitchen table. My Mother is a nuts and bolts kind of woman. Practical with no frills. Dust rag in one hand, and a plate of cookies in the other. Being busy doing is her best friend. The word…
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The Miracle of Annie
My eighty-eight year old friend Annie, went to Lourdes with me. She is a trooper who goes with the flow. She is well-organized…even down to the toothpick she packed in our…
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Flashback of France 1988
After months of living in a cute cracker-box studio in Paris, French husband and I found a large, bourgeois-style apartment by the Bastille. Since the rent was tres cher…
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Eighth of May, Victory Day
France celebrates the end of World War II on the 8th of May. Thirteen years ago, when we first arrived in the French village that we now live in, an elderly woman came to our door. She introduced herself as…