Category: Living in France
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Part Two of the Photo Shoot
That particular morning we loaded the car/ objects, textiles, bits of inspiration, and the friends who said yes to spending a day chasing light with me. We drove into the mountains to the place I had chosen, a clearing I…
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Creating a Photo Shoot Part 1
Before a single photo is taken, there’s that first conversation of an idea—the story you want to tell. So you begin by asking yourself: What is the story I’m trying to share? Where does it unfold? What does it need? Who…
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Autumn on the Table
The hands of harvest- The afternoon settled around the table piece by piece, without asking for attention. Its small treasures gathered from a slow wandering—peach warm to the touch, a butterfly pausing before fluttering onward, grapes holding their dreams of…
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What Does a French Chicken Pen Look Like?
On my daughter’s property there are a few old sheds, and they’ve decided to convert one of them into a chicken pen. From the photo, you can see it needs quite a bit of work. Gabriel took on the task…
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Homesickness
When you live far from where you began, the heart stretches, learns new rhythms, rarely stops reaching across oceans and time zones. There’s always someone missing from the room, always a voice you wish you could hear… My daughter and…
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11 November
They left their youth for the hope of something they didn’t understand but believed Their names are carved in stone, -their bodies and blood fed our fields. The wind carries the memories farther on. Children from the town walk towards…