Month: August 2010
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An Afternoon in Arles
Photos and text by Corey Amaro: An afternoon in Arles, walking aimless along the streets. Popping into museums, churches, galleries, shops, cafes… enjoying whatever catches one's eye. Stopping to look closer, then to read a sign, maybe imagining what is…
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French Antique Guessing Game
What are these nineteen century, hand-crocheted things with silver rings on them? Do you know? These "things" are hard to find (I do not like to say that expression, "hard to find", because when I do say, "Oh that…
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Baptism of the Empty Nest
Photos and text: Corey Amaro Sacha hadn't been gone more than fifteen minutes when French Husband's cell phone rang. By the sound of his voice I knew he was holding his excitement and calculating how he was going to tell…
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The Day was not Long Enough
Photos and text by Corey Amaro Whenever we went out for the day (when the children were little people,) and had fun, more than your average day of fun, I would ask Sacha and Chelsea on returning home, "How…
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Wish you were here.
Today is Sacha’s last day. We went to Port-Cros an island off of south of France. We hiked 30 minutes to an isolated beach to go snorkling. Then we hiked back to the boat. And now we are having the…
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Spoonful of Sugar
Photo and text by: Corey Amaro Serve it up sweet. Nothing bitter. Without counting how many spoonfuls That is the task at hand. To give without without wanting more. You would think I would know that by now. Those…