There was a chandelier above our dining room table that never worked. As Sacha has said a million times, 'Yeah yeah our house: Mirrors you cannot see yourself in, chairs you cannot sit on, lights that aren't electrified…" My cousin…

Photo and Text: Corey Amaro On the first of May the French give Muguet to each other. I love it! French Husband (like 99 percent of France's population) will go out early in the morning, returning with a bouquet for…

My cousins, Gene and Kathy, are here from the States visiting us. We have had spent hours talking, laughing and eating, of course drinking and visiting this church, that monument and a million charming towns. Gene is a handy man.…

 Photos and text by Corey Amaro Madame M. came to my house when I was thirty-four. She did not bring a gift to my newborn baby, nor was she subtle, dare I say rude, as she entered quickly, barely saying…

"Is it a snuff box… or for for smelling salts?" Marcie guessed. Karinka thought it might be, "…a small container (which must have had at one time a stopper), for the ceremony to carry the water in with which a…

It is always a kick when I find something at the brocante that I haven't a clue as to what it is. Yesterday I gotta kick. The brocante dealer told me what he thought it was… I was doubtful, turning…