Month: April 2010
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Welcome to Provence
Photo and text by Corey Amaro: Provence is drinking Pastis in a small village, with cicadas clicking their heels in the background. Provence is a red blanket of poppies with a child in the middle wearing a straw hat. …
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The Golden Gift that has Landed on our Doorstep
My cousins, Gene and Kathy, are here from the States visiting us. We have had spent hours talking, laughing and eating, of course drinking and visiting this church, that monument and a million charming towns. Gene is a handy man.…
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Provence to Paris
The French countryside with the first kiss of spring. I want this car! Will you please buy it for me? … if you do I promise I will drive you from Provence to Paris, hitting every brocante in between (and…
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The Rose Cloud
I was stressing out about something, I don't remember what, something unimportant now but was sapping my energy then. I was frustrated, poor French Husband became my focal point, though he wasn't the reason for my attitude he certainly was…
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Orange Onion Salad Love Affair
——————- My friend Annie talked about a salad she had as if it were her new best friend. She described it in detail: the crunch of its voice, its tangy personality, its unexpected freshness, with curiosity, like…
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In the Dog House, Eating Onions, while Cutting Hair.
Today I forgot to blog.Literally. I went to the brocante, found nothing.Went to see Annie, with French Husband and Chelsea. She made a salad with white onions, oranges, balsamic, olive oil, with pepper and spices: Incredibly good.Admired the roses that…