Month: November 2009
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The Candy in the Middle of the Box: How to Savor the French Way
Photos and Text by Corey Amaro: (1988 when I first arrived in France.) The box of assorted chocolates circled around the room. When the hostess offered her guests the box of chocolates the guests would take the chocolate closest to…
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FOUR
First year grey and changing. Second year, reddish brown with blogger Sparkle. Third year I was tough… wore a hat, my glasses broke and I spent seven months in the USA. Fourth year blonde, rode a motorcycle across Eastern Europe,…
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French Antique Painted Ribbon
On the eve of tomorrow….
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Can you help me with a Name?
I am under a stack of papers.And it doesn't help that I cannot read them.Have you ever noticed that when you clean out a closet you find things you weren't looking for? Which sidetracks your intentions, causes your well laid…
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Bundles of French Ephemera
Decorating with old things found at the brocante. Or making that old stuff look like something other than bits of nothingness taking up space. Many of you use old papers, ribbons, and medals in your art projects.…