Two small flowers carved at the top of a chair, they sat comfortably admiring the view and listening to those who sat next to them. After several months away from France and the brocante (antique markets) I ventured out yesterday.…

                         Today is Sunday. The best day in France to go to the Brocante (antique markets.) I haven't been in seven months of Sundays… But you can bet a million dollars where I will be today!

    The small French antique armchair sat in a lonely antique store in a *small town in the middle of nowhere. When I saw it, I was instantly transported back to my French Husband's grandmother's home in northern France.…

French Husband's birthday started out with my being so jet lagged I burnt his birthday cake. I am not kidding. Then I forgot to take a photo of his birthday gift to show you! I gave him a child's armchair that I found in…

                                         The family gathers, shares stories, enjoys each others company and dives into lunch. A family where the core is the home at the table, where the nourishment is more than the food they eat, and the messages of loyalty and…

                                       Honor your desire by planting a seed of it somewhere. Help it to take root by a small symbolic gesture, in a simple act, by writing our desire on a stone and tossing it in a river… by writing a word…