Category: Living in France
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How to Dress Like a French Woman
How to Dress Like a French Woman: -First and foremost, throw away uptight. -Of course, own one of everything in black, plus know the fashionable color of the season, and have it in your wardrobe too: This year it is…
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Secrets in the Attic
Up in an attic, secrets are told tucked away in boxes, stuffed in baskets, locked in safe boxes, buried in forgotten letters, or left aside without thought by someone who never came back. I enjoy going through things in attics,…
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When Roses Bloom
Repost from 2009 When the roses start to bloom I think of Annie. I was up on a ladder, in my garden, trimming a rose bush when my friend Annie came over to visit. Looking up at me,…
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Zut Alors
One of the very first French words I learned when I came to France was, "Zut". Simply, because Yann's mom said it often enough. The way she said it, and when she would say it, I figured it had to…
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Moi
Nearly eighteen years ago I started this blog… every day some little note is added. I grew up in a small rural town called Willows My journey included a million first cousins, four brothers, studying depth psychology, praying, cooking, and…
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On the Train to Paris
Memories of our plane ride to California came rolling in as we took the three hour plus TGV from Marseille to Paris.We went back with Chelsea and the little ones as Yann had a meeting in Paris and we could…