Category: Living in France
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Mona Lisa’s Lessons
Photos and Text by: Corey Amaro The Louvre has a painting that attracts the world, it is a show stopper, it is. The small painting is of a woman, it hangs alone on an enormous wall. Directly across from it…
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Oz in Provence
Down the road where I live there are fields upon little fields of poppies. Not California golden poppies, but red poppies. Poppies are spontaneous. Their colorful petals spread out like a picnic blanket over the fields. One can guess…
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Menu Translations
Translated menus in French to English are always a favorite. Certainly, they remind me of how my French must sound when I speak. I am going to start collecting favorite translations I should have started years ago when translation apps…
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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,…