Buying at the French Brocante from corey amaro on Vimeo. Some of you have asked to see and hear what French Husband is like. Well, yesterday I thought I would video him at the brocante. In the video (iPhone, in…

    The small painting was new, though it was on the brocanteur's (dealer's) eye appealing stand. ______ The first rule when going into a French brocante stand is to say, "Hello-Bonjour" to the dealer. The next thing you need…

  Along the stone a garden grew. Little flowers tucked in with barely enough dirt for their roots to spread. Wall flowers: Standing, waiting, hoping, blooming without knowing how beautiful they were. In harmony. Though each a beauty in its…

  The man above with a pink sweater wrapped around his shoulders is the reason I am a mother who celebrates Mother's Day in France. Last weekend was Mother's Day. Oh (!) the double advantages of being a Franco-American couple……

  You know how I dig the French brocante. You know how my brother Mat (with one "t") gives me a bad time about writing about the brocante here on my blog. You know how if any of you ever…

  Family. I am lucky,       To have one that loves me, and that I love. With my whole heart.       One where I do not have to be anything but myself, and one where they…