Month: September 2006
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Love Letters Sealed with a Kiss
Years ago, when I had cancer, my family and friends back in the States wrote me letters of courage. Jackie Lane, an acquaintance from my hometown, had a…
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Living in France
When we were in California, nearly every morning my Mother made waffles for breakfast, every Monday during the summer (on the, "cookies-for-vegetable-exchange-day,") my Mother…
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The First Day of School
School starts today in France. The backpacks are packed with reams of paper, ink pens, rulers and the other required tools for school work. Sacha starts…
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Tongue in Cheek French Antiques
Collections gathered. Glass liquor bottle tops and end knobs for curtain rods placed in a rusty urn. There is a purpose for everything. Even if it doesn’t seem possible. Creativity can rearrange anything for another use.Vintage fabric covered boxes stacked,…
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Poetry Thursday: A poem in your pocket.
When I was in the sixth grade, I found out I was going to have the teacher who was considered the meanest in the school. I was terrified to…
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Stone Fountain in our Garden, Doesn’t it Look Like it Has Been Around Since Forever?
A building was destroyed in Marseille. I recuperated the carved stones. The hunk stonemason created a fountain using the stone slabs. 52 stones stand strong smiling. Stone by stone, thought by thought, hand and heart, we can rebuild something from…