Month: January 2006
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Spotted!
Sacha’s friend Fabrice looked at the balls on our dining room table. He passed a strange look at me, and then he leaned in close to Sacha and whispered, “C’est normal que ta mère ait des boules de canon sur…
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Antique Baby Rattles Charm Older Woman
Baby rattles are not practical for someone who doesn’t have a baby and is half as old as they are, if not more. Yet, when I saw them, I wanted them. “I could make them into a charm bracelet!” That…
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Raining Cats and Dogs
Rain and Snow do not happen often in the South of France, but when it does, it does so with vengeance, like a mad dog after a sneaky cat. Since yesterday morning it has continuously done one or the other;…
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As I Type…
My 16 year daughter and her friends are playing in front of 3000 other students as I type. Can you hear her drumming? ts tst tttt att tt tat dm dat to Rock out honey child Go go girl! She…
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Here is Looking at you Kid
Grandmother often said to me that she felt young, not one day older than a child! That the thoughts she had or the feelings she felt seemed to be basically the same as when…
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French Rooster
An American Rooster sets up in France and starts cock-A-doodling in French! When my Mother was 13, she made this little yellow pot-holder rooster. The delicate black stitches have remained straight and even. The button eye has kept its twinkle;…