Month: February 2010
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Creating an Office and Giving a Mouse a Cookie
My calm little life has gone into overdrive, I must get organized. I am not complaining just contemplating how to manage myself. The first step was to move into my daughter's bedroom, transforming it into an office. I closed my…
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Brocante Online. Girl gets Busy
A month or so ago I opened a Brocante Shop online. Never in my wildest dreams, and I do have wild dreams, did I think it would be as well received…
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When Your Child Goes Away to College
Chelsea came home this weekend. I met her at the train station we talked in the car about how things were going, and what was new, and about that boy she likes. Right before we got home I asked her…
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Blue Skies Brocante Calling
Man gone on business. Daughter gone with love. Boy gone on BMX. Blue skies. Mother home, took a long bath… then the blue sky peeked through. Brocante calling after weeks of rain. ____________________________ Is today big football day in…
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Pied-a-Terre in Aix en Provence
My friend Lisa, another California who lives in France, invited me to her pied-à-terre for lunch. I had not been to her bird's nest apartment and I knew I was in for a treat. Lisa is full of surprises… she…
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The Gift of Being Happy, With or Without a Handyman
Yesterday was my birthday. In the early, way to early morning, I drove French Husband to the train station, he will be away for several days on business.When French Husband asked (over the last several weeks) what I wanted for…