Month: January 2010
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Singing by the Hair of my Chinny Chin Chin
Warning: The video below contains a woman with blonde bed head, a Chinney chin chin, bad singing, morning breath, a child's band aid and badly spoken French. It is not to be seen while drinking coffee. –If you dare, –If you…
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Paperolle, Quilling: The art of intricate coiled designs
"Quilling, (or paperolle in French) is an art using strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create intricate designs. The tiny strips of paper are wound around a quill to create coil shapes. Then the coils…
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Growing Up is about Spelling Your Name
Yesterday, afternoon while we were preparing Sunday lunch at La Madone a spilled box of alphabet pasta brought a flood of memories to the surface. Don't you just love when out of the blue something comes and taps you on…
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22 Years and One Snowy Day
Looking out at Winter Wonderland that use to be Provence. Snow and snowing. Doesn't look like we will be going anywhere any time soon.A very good excuse to stay in bed. Looking out the window at La Madone… the pool…
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22 Years
THe REasOn I aM in FRaNCe ThESe LAsT 22 yEArs. Snowing very much. White wonderland, falling steady. No boots, no gloves. Oh golly gee… I guess we must stay in bed. Too bad. La Madone Heaven. Note about the photo:…
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The Unfortunate Burning of Napoleon’s Bon-a-Parts
Dear Ding Dong, H-E-L-L-O! This is what happens when you do not look carefully in the shopping bag before throwing it away. Nine postcards instead of ten. Know you now why the antique postcards stalls always have a truckload of…