Month: November 2012
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Goodbye Homeland
Goodbye Homeland, Bittersweet goodbye. Good bye Buttes outside my childhood bedroom window. Goodbye golden days, harvested fields, amber leaves, geese that fly by… Good bye Mom and her kitchen of home made goodness. Chocolate chip cookies, sweet bread and…
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Lasting Light
At the end of the day the only thing that matters is the light you shared.
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The Turkey Child and other tales of adapting to France during the Holidays
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. Thanksgiving celebrates the beginning of life in a new land. The seeds of friendship between two different cultures. The the pilgrims and the indians. The journey of the Mayflower. The need for one another.…
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Why Pumpkin Pie?
Why Pumpkin Pie when you could have: Charlotte Framboise: Crème légère framboise, gelée de framboises, biscuit aux amandes French Husband wants to know why Pumpkin Pie when you could have: Félicia: Crème légère framboise et rose,…
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Money Cannot Buy Love, Though Twenty Dollars in a Zipped Bag is Worth a Million
Kate, my seven year old niece is in a sewing class. I started sewing when I was eight years old, so I know a thing or two about sewing. Which doesn’t imply that I am good seamstress, or…
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The Story of the Gleaners of Glenn County
Around Glenn country there are many walnut orchards. After harvest, many of the orchard farmers have gleaners come in and pick the remaining few for one reason or another are left behind. My Aunt Louie knows of such…