Category: Living in France
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The Frosting on the Cake
1989 Once upon a time–and one time only, did French husband Yann help deliver a wedding cake for Cynthia; our dear American friend, who had a bakery in Paris. Cynthia who introduced chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cheesecake, bear claws, and…
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Eight Ball
Hustler: A hustler is someone who goes into a pool bar pretending not to know how to play, finds some losers who aren’t pretending, and then tries to trick the losers into betting huge amounts of money on a pool…
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French Kisses, the First Signs of Spring
vintage postcard. 1929 the unbutton coat scarf tossed aside the cherry trees blossom babies are born flowers change the landscape tenderness fills the air the first signs of Spring are like french kisses!
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SeaShells
First, I must say I collect seashells. Secondly, my daughter’s prenom-first name is, “CHELSEA.” My Father-in-law, a man of very few words, let alone English ones, said to me at her birth: “Chelsea is, “Sea-Shell, backward, non?” The French pronounce…
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Opera in France
The Stone steps at the Theater in Orange are also used as seats. This massive first century outdoor theater holds five thousand people. I have been to two opera performances there. Both were jammed packed without an inch to spare.…
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Feast Day of Love
Saint Valentine’s Day Trust the many hands of love that come your way… The giving and receiving, the gentle and the strong. The hand that asks you to let go of it, the hand that is hard to hold… Many…