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The Amazing Network of Blogging… Offering: One Week Visit to our Home

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This amazing network of blogging.

I am blown away by your outpouring of messages regarding an internship for Sacha.

I have been responding to your emails since this morning, my fingers are numb and I am seeing double as I type this post. Those of you who wrote in yesterday's comment section, THANK YOU!! Sacha will look into the ideas, suggestions and schools you listed. Wow.

This amazing thing called blogging has introduced me to a world of kindness from strangers, friendships worldwide, matchmaking, job opportunities, travel adventures and more. It is unbelievably wonderful how generous you have been to me. 

Because of this generosity I have experienced time and time again, and because of the many gifts of friendship I have received (Bluffton, Ireland, L.A., Hong Kong, Marburger, Mexico to name a few…) I am offering a reader of Tongue in Cheek room and board in our home for one week. 

I will pick you up at the airport (Marseille), you and a friend can stay with us (your own room), have meals with us, (I hope you like tofu) I'll take you to the brocante and sight seeing. We can work out when it is convenient for both of us, so there is no deadline to when you can come, this year or next.

I will randomly pick two different readers (who can each bring a friend, or a family member with them, each winning couple will stay at different times.

Leave me a comment in the comment section of this post, or by an email

Regarding:

What is your favorite post/story on my blog?

 

Comments

130 responses to “The Amazing Network of Blogging… Offering: One Week Visit to our Home”

  1. Sharon Penney-Morrison

    Wow…I want to check in for this one. I will bring Niki.
    Favorite post…hhmmm so many, but one I think about often is your trip to China. When you visited the orphanage and shared your feelings and the generosity of your friend who works there. Compassion was in every word.
    I like all of your stories, esp. when you write about family, and the feelings of loss. I too, can share that road with you.
    I often wish I could share my stories with my blog…but something keeps me from doing so. Maybe a little at a time.
    xo

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  2. Marie

    I’ve liked your stories about your friendship with Annie.
    Hard, really, to pick…..there have been so many entertaining stories you’ve told here. V. Marie

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  3. Lynne

    Wow, I want to jump in for this too. How very gracious and giving you are. I just “found you” last month. All of what I have read of you I have been “over the moon.”. One of my favorites is How Sasha got his name. . . .
    I especially love how transparent you are, vulnerable and revealing . . . One of the more authentic persons I have met . . . can we say we have met if it is not face to face . . .
    I liked the dripping cold and tampons! Delightful . . .

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  4. Corie DuChateau

    Sign me up! Would love to meet you and see your France. I haven’t been reading your blog for too long but some of my favorite posts are:
    1.) About your apartment on Rue du Chateau – because that’s how I first found your blog.
    http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2012/10/rue-de-chateau-our-apartment-in-paris-giveaway.html
    2.) The series on how you met French Husband, and his proposal.
    http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/how-i-met-my-french-husband/
    3.) The French Speedo! I can relate to this story.
    http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2009/11/the-french-speedo-.html
    4.) I couldn’t find the link to it, but, the story about how you kept your maiden name when you got your French ID.
    5.) And of course, yesterday’s post about the film crew in your house. I can totally relate to that story!

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  5. Celeste Coelho

    Blessed with such a benevolent and loving heart, you are awesome.

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  6. Lorrie

    Oh my. What an offer. It’s hard to choose a favourite post, but I love the ones with Annie’s stories, and her teaching you how to cook certain things. I’d love to meet Annie as well as your wonderful family. I’d bring my husband, who is also my best friend.

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  7. Suzan

    You think you had comments before! Years ago I used to comment and then I just began to visit you each day and enjoy each visit but never left a comment. I felt like a neighbor watching the comings and goings and living vicariously. I have followers who do the same with me. It is a splendid arrangement, just as valuable to me as those I speak with regularly.
    I love all the posts you share with stories of your children the most I suppose. My two children are my life’s work and I would dearly love to share a trip like this with them, or one of them I guess…Oh no, I would have to flip a coin! 😀

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  8. Cynthia Rieth

    Your blog is the first thing I read on-line each day, and I love the fact that you actually write every day! How to choose a favorite, hmmm, probably the food posts, love all the pics from your travels – especially the motorcycle ride. As I am a widow it will have to be a special friend or maybe my daughter who speaks French that would accompany me! That would just be wonderful! All the best to you dear Corey

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  9. Mei Lin

    I have loved all your stories, but most of all I appreciate your stories of the family in Willows. I started following you when you were with your Dad in his last illness, and empathized so much since I also live far from my family (I am in Texas; they are in England). Like you, I have two children, who have now flown the nest, and like you, I am still learning every day HOW TO LIVE. You seem to have found the perfect medium for growing a soul.

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  10. Linda B.

    I like both your Willows posts like this: http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2012/11/mystical-morning-call-1.html and your brocante posts http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2012/12/for-the-love-of-french-antiques.html. I can relate to wanting to be in both places at once. Of course I also like your travel posts. I can’t choose!

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  11. martina

    I can’t visit any time soon, so do not enter my name. Whoever does win will undoubtedly have a terrific time!

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  12. Barbara Snow

    Myfavorite posting of all time was when you wrote about how FH asked you to marry him, and then interrupting the moment to help the young man with drug addiction problems. Grace. Pure Grace.
    Barb in Minnesota

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  13. kathleen (OR)

    Amazing, again.
    Favorite post–the series where you and Yann traveled on his motorcycle around Europe. Part healing and part 2nd honeymoon.
    Although, the one that makes me giggle every time I think of it is “Lavender Salt”, I do similar things all the time.

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  14. judyo

    So many favorite blogs of yours, Corey, but the one I love is how you met FH. I think it is so touching and romantic. Reading about the tragedy of your first love, the monastery and then meeting future FH at the dance club I cried sad and happy tears. I love the twists and turns your life has taken and that you share it all with us. I have said what a great book that would make but now I think Sacha should make a movie of that part of your life. It could be an award winner:) By the way, I have a former student who owns a film production company here in New Hampshire. It’s a small company but they have done some international projects. I would be happy to hook them up and Sacha could stay with us in April.

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  16. Nancy W.

    Oh my! You may crash your comment section with ALL the responses you will get. I am not up to travel so skip me but I think what you are doing is wonderful!

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  17. Gayle

    Oh to choose? Willows, motorcycle tour, brocante…so many. I love any family stories and your divine husband…

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  18. Tracy

    Love and trust (or faith) it is what makes the world go around better. Just love the outpour of love, and gratitude give right back.
    btw Corey, I received my sweet tiny little apertif cups within 10 days from France! Now I am anxiously waiting for my second little splurge.
    Sometimes I think the anticipation of the gift, is as good as the gift!
    Whom ever wins a stay at your home will be so welcomed and loved. It’s all about love.

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  19. Deirdre

    Corey, that sounds awesome! As much as I’d love to have you add my name to the drawing this year will be spent close to home. We’ve got some house repairs to do that are going to zap the travel budget. It’s also going to be “the year of the puppy”. There’s no way I can leave a new puppy, even for a vacation in France!
    That said, what an awesome gift you’re offering. Maybe we can have a glass of wine when you’re home next.

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  20. Tracy

    (Forgot to mention that there is no need to consider me for the trip, just posting for the warmth of it all.) I have two little grandbabies that I am responsible while there parents work each day. My hands this year are busy with these precious little souls. It is a physical job, but the most rewarding job I have ever had. Ages today 8 months, and 5 months.
    Maybe in 2014? (:

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  21. Tracy

    PS. A glass of wine at 5pm never tasted so good! I am telling you…..

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  22. Momof5

    Only one favorite? Not possible truly. I loved all your travel posts esp the orphanage and elephant posts. I love hearing about your family and nieces and nephews and I loved your wisdom and the way you express your thoughts. I also loved the humanity in the posts about the loss of your father. I would love to visit you too !

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  23. Evelyn H in NYC

    How do you pick just one story as a favorite? Your blog is full of amazing stories and you are such a good story teller. The time I remember the most was when you were blogging during your father’s illness and his passing. It was heartbreaking and healing. I had recently lost my own father and could feel everything so vividly that you were going through, and in the process it helped to start the healing process of my own broken heart. You touch lives every single day. Thank you! Such a huge and generous offer you are making to two lucky readers – I would be honored to be a guest in your home.

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  24. Marilyn

    I miss one day of visiting you and look what happens. Wow! The excitement of students, now how fun is that!
    Cooking quietly, my goodness that would be hard. Inviting people to come and stay at your house, how generous!

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  25. Nancy in AZ

    I love your stories, all of them, but especially those about french mother in law. I would bring my husband who also rides a motorcycle.

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  26. Melinda Alexander

    As painful as it was, following you when you were with your Father during his last days was so moving. I was very touched by his love for you and your love for him.

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  27. Bev S.

    I’ve enjoyed hearing about you playing the matchmaker :), your travels and most of all your faith journey.

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  28. Emily

    Oh my goodness Corey, I’m checking back in to see if you’ve had any leads for Sacha finding an internship and you’ve been answering mail all day! The power of blogland!! The best of luck to him. Wow, what an offer for two lucky couples. I’ve always thought if I get to come to your part of France I would try contacting you. Maybe I’ll get lucky and get to visit you! You have a huge heart to open your home. I’ve enjoyed following your visits with bloggers so I see why you would do this. I think I enjoy reading your posts when you come back to your family home for visits. It’s sad when you have to say goodby! Someone will be so lucky, just to meet you and your family.
    ~Emily
    The French Hutch

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  29. Susan young

    Ooohhhhh quelle question difficile!!!!!
    Impossible À choisir!
    Yours is the only blog that I read EVERY day, because it is so beautifully done. I’ve told you before that you should write a book with all of your blog posts, and that I would be first in line to buy it. As a retired French teacher… FRANCE is deeply imbedded in my soul. I used to take my students to France every year. Since I’ve retired I have not been back… My grey being us yearning to return to Provence.
    Thank you for the beauty and grace you thing to my life without even knowing it!
    And thanks for the chance to win this most incredible prize!

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  30. Beth

    My favorite blog post is the one about how you met your french husband! Y’all are such a cute couple–you seem to have so much fun and adventure together. I would love to come and visit you, and bring my sweet husband, the man who gave me one of his kidneys when mine failed!

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  31. Jillayne

    Oh boy – tough question… I think my favourite was one you did about leaving on your trip to go to the US and I think Mexico… and Annie was upset you were going. All the Annie posts are particular favourites of mine but that one, where you said she was sad, made me wish I could hop on a plane and go visit her.
    The impact we can have on others is often immeasurable but it is easy to see how much Annie means to you and you to her – you are both very lucky, and I would love to meet her with you!

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  32. g

    your generosity is so beautiful….so sweet so genuine-how lucky we are …. my favorite post is the one about…..insert ANYONE of them here…but my ALL TIME MOST ABSOLUTE FAVORITE is the one where we speak outloud our names to the things we find beautiful-or want reflected in our lives-again i do the post no justice…i do it and each time- which is a lot- i think of you-in a prayerful thanksgiving way for having found little old you in the whole world wide web….i guess somethings are just meant to be

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  33. Bonnie

    That is so generous. I am married. However my husband has a business he can’t leave. So I’d love to bring my best friend. She is so fun and grateful for everything.

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  34. Babs M

    Wow! What a wonderful offer. I would be in heaven. I love visiting France and love brocanting. I could never pick just one post but love the stories about your family in France and in California, and Annie, and your first years adjusting to life in France, and all your travels, and, and, and…. But I did particularly love your recent story about Chelsea naming Sacha. So amazing and so sweet. Whether I’m chosen or not, I will continue to be a loyal reader!

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  35. Frank Levin

    Wow Corey; what a deal.
    BTW the pichet that you helped me give Barb for Christmas now has a special spot in the new display shelves which flank the fireplace. Those were also part of Barb’s Christmas since I finished them and installed the mantel on Christmas eve.
    And it is only five months until we are at Avis at gare d’l’est getting ready to hit the road again.
    Your blog helps bring it closer.

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  36. WAVENEY

    While , I agree picking one post could be a task, for me one tale truly spoke to my heart. The story of the Tea Pot and the Metal! We are all guardians of the past and fantasizing and imagining the past lives our treasures have seen, is a huge part of their mystique that spurs this incurable collector, ever on. The tenses past, present and future are really not tenses of time. They are tenses of the mind. Live today, cherish yesterday and dream tomorrow. Thanks for inspiring me! WAVENEY

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  37. Niki Weippert

    My favorite post was about the Kansas girls that you and Yann took to the Brocante! Especially since I was one of those Kansas girls!! Miss you and would love to spend a week in your home!

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  38. Dd

    Wow, truly amazing. I love reading this blog, but who can forget the tale of French mother in law hiking in heels!!!!! I can’t even walk across the room in them!!!! You are all an amazing group of people and it would be incredible to spend a week with you!

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  39. shirley

    Visiting at your home would be an amazing adventure. You have such a wonderful enchanting life.
    Shirley

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  40. mimi

    The first one that came to mind was the poem “I remember you as loving me.” It touched my heart on such a deep level.
    Also, the recent video post of Chelsea and Sacha in the Alps. Their happiness and joy is a great testament of your success at parenting and marriage.

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  41. cherylkornhaus@gmail.com

    Corey i was so touched by the story of how you and French Husband met at the Dance club. How his name was so similar to the name of your lost love. God always know just what we need and when we are ready for it.
    I have so enjoyed learning about your life in France and reading about your family.
    Visiting you and Yann in France and going to the brocante would be such a dream come true. We spent our 30th Anniversay 5 years ago in Paris with 2 trips to the Paris flea market.Hoping that we are the lucky couple that you choose. Blessings, Cheryl & Kurt

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  42. Brocante Girl

    Oh, Yes Please, with pink icing!
    My favourite posts are those about the Brocante. A little bit of my heart travels with you on your weekly sojourns, and I especially enjoy hearing about your South that I know and love so well.
    xoxo

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  43. Susan

    Wow… what a generous offer – what an adventure.
    I wouldn’t even know what to do with myself if I were to be chosen. I visited Paris three years ago, and now I find myself feeling homesick for France. Silly, really.
    My favorite post… hmmm… there have been so many. I read your blog every single day. Your uplifting spirit and humor are a perfect way to start my day.
    I think my favorite series of posts were the ones you wrote when you were in Willows at your father’s bedside. My dad died young, and my heart ached for you during that time. I wish I could have put my feelings into words the way you did at that difficult time.
    Whoever you choose will be lucky indeed. I hope to meet you face to face some day. Maybe I’ll drive down to California from my Washington state and see you next time you’re in the neighborhood! 🙂

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  44. sharon

    Coming to france would be a dream come true…everyone leaving a comment probably feels like i do, that we are already friends. I love the annie stories and the naughty neighbor cat always tickled me! Thank you for this once in a lifetime chance!

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  45. spice

    Corey, I read your blog most everyday, though this is the first time I have commented. I enjoy reading about your life in France and how much you treasure spending time with your extended family back in California. You are a gifted writer and you also have a great eye and it shows in your photos.

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  46. LauraInSeattle

    You are beyond generous, Corey.

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  47. Kimberly

    Corey, so kind of you to make this offer. My favorite post happen to be the ones with your kids. I especially liked the one video the kids did when they were dancing to a Rihanna song, “Disturbia.” Reminded me of my own kids. Blessings~Kimberly

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  48. Stephanie

    Corey, I love the post about French Cooking and the Home Made Cookbook. I love the way you collected ideas, recipes, pictures and it is all handwritten with things taped in and hand-drawn. I was an exchange student in Chalons-sur-Marne in 1981 and I still have a few recipes that I wrote out on graph paper; pate-brise, tarte aux pruneaux etc. I wish I had made a notebook back then, but I was only 18 and not thinking ahead to today when I would appreciate it. I would treasure a return trip to see the south of France with you. We could chat and go to the brocante and drink wine. I’d follow you wherever you wanted to go and I would bring my camera!

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  49. Andrea

    Corey – I love the brocante and related posts, but most of all I loved when you first introduced us to Annie and shared her story and the story of your friendship. All posts about your family in Willows make me yearn for my family. I think I’ve told you in the past that I love how you love your family. I’ve sometimes wondered if it’s even possible that you are real! Seriously Corey, who has a heart, talent and intelligence to create the world you do for us????? If I am ever lucky enough to visit, I would hope to bring my daughter Sarah who is now a mother of 2. The last time she and I traveled in France, she was 15 and I was at least 15 pounds lighter.
    Bisous,
    Andrea
    P.S. if Sacha should find himself in Brooklyn, NY my former son-in-law studied film at NYU’s Tisch Film School. I would be happy to introduce them.

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  50. Stephanie

    …oh, and I’d bring my husband 🙂

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  51. Debra

    Gosh, Corey, that is a tough one. I just read your post after a long day so I hope that my middle aged brain makes some since. I think, overall, your blog has touched me in many ways. It is in sinc with my ebbs & flows, it quinches my thirst while my head wears many hats. Be it motherhood, friendship, kindness, playing it forward, being a better wife, or simply believing in myself.
    I started reading your blog many years ago . . .found it through a Travel book . . .it filled me up, God, I love France and everything French (but you already know that).
    As far as picking one post; I have great memories of your motorcycle trip with FH. My family had a ritual of all gathering together day after day to read your post, find out where you were, & watch a video you may have posted.. My children would pop in and ask, “hey, Mom, where is Corey today?”
    Another post I will always remember is from Christmas eve a few years back. My family had gone to Christmas eve mass, gotten a bite to eat, and as we drove home I read your post and shared it with my children in the back seat. The words and pictures glowed in the night. It was a powerful read and conveyed such a strong message of faith . . .so special and a memory I will always cherish.
    Your daily share is making a big impact, and it’s all good . . .thank you.

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  52. Irina

    Corey, you’re such generous, kind person, both with your words and action!! I’m very lucky that I had a chance to meet you and can call you my friend.
    It is hard to choose a favorite post as they are different subjects, I just love them all, brocante, food, Annie, travels, children … all! In the spring of 2008 reading you blog helped me through the most difficult time of my life.

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  53. Diogenes

    Corey, Pasadena College also has a degree program offering certificates in Cinema and Filmmaking:
    http://www.pasadena.edu/divisions/visual-arts/cinema/
    My favorite posts of yours were:
    1. Stelvio Pass, 2. The broken sugar bowl and the soldier, 3. the real estate party and the short-short dress lady, 4. Carival in Venice, 5. Annie and her journey from Greece to France/WWII.
    But do not pick me, others are more deserving, and you know I will eventually come to Marseille anyway. With El Coyote margarita mix in my suitcase…

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  54. carol

    Oh my goodness! You are so very generous, my dear Corey! So many posts it is impossible to pick just one, but here are some of my favorites:
    How you met Yann at the I beam and his name was John in French,
    the story of your sil and the beautiful linens in the armoire,
    and the story of when your husband gave you your wedding ring and he went to the young man in the park.
    You have shown us all so much about love and kindness and I am so very grateful for you.
    Thank you for a chance to do something I have always wanted to do for as long as I can remember – visit France!!!

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  55. toni

    Dear Corey –
    I have only followed your blog a short time and was introduced by Kaari at French General when she mentioned your visit recently. Reading these comments, it is obvious that I have missed much – but the connection is so deep. you are a treasure! My sister and I do ‘brocante’ Connecticut style! I’d bring her if you picked me. We’d have a ball.

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  56. jody

    there have been many posts that have endeared me to you. there are many similarities in our loves and likes and the ways we live our daily lives.
    but my favorite post(s) are those about your Father.
    though my Father had been an upright man and good family provider he was not a happy man during my years at home. he was usually stern, tired, grumpy and very fussy. though i loved Daddy i did not really feel the affection you did for your Father.
    so when i heard your stories and how you sat by your Dad’s bedside, it moved me. it was at the time of Daddys’ stroke, and i knew he would be so hard to care for , being the bossy and independent man he was.
    somehow your posts encouraged me. i was very much able to take part in caring for daddy for the next years and years.
    in the end it turned out i loved him very much. in the end it turned out he was not really being resistant and stubborn in his care.
    when i saw him take his last breath it was then i knew he was just being the very strong man he had always been. that ‘was’ Daddy.
    God used you during the years with your very sweet posts. Your love for life and all it presents to us to grow have been such a blessing for me. thank you.
    xo jody

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  57. Kathie B

    (Raises hand shyly) Does it help that I’m vegetarian and like tofu, whether grilled or cubed in soup?

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  58. Kathie B

    …and that I can bring you genuine Pennsylvania pure maple sugar to use either as is or to reconstitute into pancake syrup? Or are you impervious to bribery? ;-)))

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  59. Tammy Hensley

    You are beyond gracious and generous, Corey. Though it is very hard to choose a favorite from among all of you wonderful blog entries, I am a hopeless romantic and France and love have always been synonymous to me (though I have never been there) so the story of your matchmaking and helping with the preparations of your friend marrying her very own Frenchman, just like you! I love that one so!

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  60. jody

    ps. i know no one either here in Fl in the film industry.
    but should Sacha find himself in SW Florida he is welcome to stay in our home and i will cook for him also!

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  61. Beatnheart

    I searched in vain for the post that meant the most to me but realized it would take forever to find it…and by that time the spontaneity of the moment would be lost and my true gut feeling would vanish like dust in a desert wind … But for me the most treasured post is the very first one I read, the one when I found you in a kismet moment that from that day on truly changed me and my life forever. It would have been in January 2010, when we got our very first computer. I found you through what could only be divine intervention… One of those events that truly turns your life around and changes your path. I was so overwelmed by your writings and photos that I took a leap of faith and emailed you and asked ” how do you start a blog”? I was blown away when you answered me and told me how to start one… Since that day I was transformed… My life changed…a sense of purpose.. A new found love of writing and resurgence of a long lost love of photography all came back to me. In these years, I have become something that I would never have become and I owe it all to you and your reaching out to me and helping a lost girl find herself and like a sister guided me and spurned me on to bigger and better things…things that I would have never accomplished without that first tiny step and the day I found you .

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  62. Laurie SF

    How can one choose just one?
    Oh, jeez..
    1. The Ibeam, and bumping into FH for the very first time.
    2. A very Paris Thanksgiving. How one pregnant, determined and homesick American girl buys her turkey.
    3. The stories of Willows..xo
    4. Annie’s past and life lessons.
    5. Rose jam, petals in the bra.
    6. The French waiter (all of them)
    7. Carnaval in Venice. Wow!
    Reading your blog is the first thing I do each day.
    Thank you, thank you, dear sweet friend.

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  63. Star

    I think this thing just ate my comment…grrrr! I will not reconstruct all of it but favorites include Annie stories (and your kitchen video with her), young love with you and FH, stories of Chelsea and Sacha, hair growing contests with the Willows girls, travel tales, photos of your village and France. Most cherished stories were your daily posts from your father’s bedside. Best story I would still like to read…your time at the monastery?
    So glad you’ve had such a wonderful response for Sacha’s internship 🙂

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  64. Irene

    Hands Down the winner was Corey starts to watch her waist line, woman our age need more style councilling,
    Interactive and so much fun, you kill Weight watches LOL !
    More brocante please, more items to purchase too
    Keep up the good work, Hey how about a post on what YOU do with tofu !
    Irene
    South Australia

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  65. diane – florida

    I am certain this would be the defination of heaven. I love the posts of Annie. In particular the day you thought she was going to “kick the bucket” and ripped out of your house in (red?) high heels. Any brocante related story pulls at my heart. But the 25th anniversary post truly made me tear up. I am constantly amazed at how lives are shared, strangers become friends and that the internet has made the world so small.

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  66. mundenliana@hotmail.com

    Hi Corey, I love the way you describe things, in a way that’s all your own. Even though we have never met I can sense your warmth and great sense of humor and adventure (when it comes to Brocates). Anyway my favorite blogs were about an elderly French woman who inspires you and the way you two have formed such a dear friendship. Also I love hearing about your family, I especially loved seeing your mom and the way you photograph her and describe her, I know you take after her. I hope we meet one day. If you ever want to come to Hawaii, let me know. Also I love when you share recipes and things that inspire you!
    Aloha,
    Liana

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  67. Betty K

    Hello Corey, Your blogs about the brocante always perk me up, and I really enjoy your scenic photos. The blog that gave me a hearty laugh was about your niece telling your mother that she wanted your mother’s house when your mother asked her what she wanted to inherit. It gave your mother a good laugh, didn’t it?

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  68. Irene

    I am a fairly new person on your site, Corey, but when I read this post of Jody’s I must say that I hope you chose her. You, two, will have so much to talk about. Life, the past, and love…

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  69. Ana Maria

    Dear Corey,
    It is impossible for me to choose a favorite posts. I read your blog daily and find that everything you write is witty, emotional and from the heart.
    I love how you write about your family, both in France and in Willows. I love how you’ve been able to adapt to a new country and its culture while maintaining your American and Azores values and culture alive for yourself and your children. Others who are not bilingual may not appreciate how difficult it is to accomplish what you have done in rearing two fully-bilingual children (and one spouse!).
    I wrote you once that I had dreamt that my family and I had arrived at your doorstep and you had welcomed us and invited us to pull up a chair at your dinner table. That is how well I feel I know you, FH, Chelsea and Sacha! I love your stories about Annie and I live vicariously each of your brocante adventures.
    I am already a witness to your hospitality. I recently wrote you about my niece who has just accepted a job in Paris. Before 24-hours had passed, your lovely Chelsea had already emailed my niece and as warmly as her mother, offered my niece to help her transition from life in the US to life in France. THANK YOU!
    When Chelsea was in Mexico I offered to host her in my home in Florida if she could extend her visit. Alas, it didn’t happen but my offer remains open to any of you. If Sacha finds an internship in South Florida (and there is a huge film and marketing business here) he would be most welcome with us. The University of Miami has a world-renowned program. He can party in South Beach and I will treat him to hearty Cuban meals and Spanish meals that will remind him of his Portuguese heritage.
    I know I will visit you one day and go brocanting with you. If you do not choose me now…someday.
    You are an amazing person and I feel blessed to count you as a friend.
    May God continue blessing you forever,
    Your friend in Miami,
    Ana Maria

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  70. 24/7 in France

    The blogosphere is indeed full of kindness and generous people – such a rewarding experience. I look forward to meeting up with you half-way between Nice and Marseille at some time when schedules allow.

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  71. Brother Mathew

    The one where I forgot to pick you up at the airport and you let everyone know what a great brother I am. Thanks for giving me a second chance by letting me pick you up the last time.

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  72. LibbyW

    So difficult to choose only one, as others have commented. Your perspective on life & heart issues, your generosity, the way you include us all in your life is so inspiring to live like-wise. If you are EVER planning to come to New Zealand, please get in touch. We are already coming to France in April so dont worry about including me.

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  73. The Pliers

    Bravo, Corey & Yann!
    Congrats lucky visitors!
    Have fun everyone!

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  74. Tongue in Cheek

    Libby please come visit me when you are in France! I look forward to meeting you after all these years.

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  75. Tongue in Cheek

    Dearest Brother Mathew,
    You are loved. You are wonderful. You are more spicy than sugary and I prefer spicy. You have a beautiful family. You are talented architect. You give me free rein in your home, giving me the key to come and go as I please when I am there. I am no longer afraid of cats because your house is full of them, and they are so sweet. You gave me flowers after you forgot me at the airport. I was hurt because you forgot me, not mad, mainly tired. You know I have done worse things than forgetting someone at the airport. Tongue in Cheek readers like your tease on the brocante. And I am honored that you read my blog everyday, you are a beautiful man Mat Amaro!!
    And my favorite comments from you are when you tease me.
    xoxoxoxoxox Your older and only sister.

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  76. Candy

    Such great comments. I love So many things about this blog. Your photographs astound me. I would love to spend the day just taking photographs with you. I love the stories about your children and French Husband. . Your whole family for that matter. I would say the ones that most touched my heart were when you sat by your dad as he was dying. I lost my dad not long after and I did it well because of you. Thank you for that gift. Oh and I love tofu.

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  77. Sam @ My Carolina Kitchen

    Coming to see you while in France would be a dream come true. I’m a relatively new reader, but I delight in reading your posts every morning in my inbox. It’s a wonderful way to start my day.
    You are an extraordinary person to welcome us into your home. Please let me know if you are ever in south Florida so we could repay your kindness. My husband and I have met over 30 bloggers (including some family members) and the friendships are truly THE best part of blogging.
    Sam

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  78. teresa Cesario

    Corey, we all love you so very much. I wish you had your own show on TV about the Brocante.
    It would be the best show on TV, to see you and your life and the Brocante!
    Those of us far away could see all of Paris, the brocante and your wonderful family!
    Just dreaming….

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  79. DebinIN

    I am almost so dumbfounded by the possibility of visiting you in France that I can’t think of my favorite column over the years I’ve spent with you. Maybe that is because the beauty of writing and the generosity of spirit that comes through with EACH entry.I can say that your heart felt and heart wrenching writings when you lost your father helped me in a way I cannnot measure when I lost my own best friend/mother this past May. I will keep and treasure forever the wonderful Christmas card you sent her as she went into Hospice.
    Yet, the columns that I love seem to involve Annie..your reverence and love for her soak through each word. I feel I am in the kitchen with the two of you and in doing so I am part of something precious and wonderful. Thank you for this opportunity..but, even more, thank you Corey for sharing your life with us. It means so much.
    Deb in IN

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  80. Kathie B

    Since I’ve already visited Corey and Provence once, albeit for far too briefly, I feel it incumbent upon me to recuse myself from the running for the week-long visit.
    Guilt = the gift that keeps on giving, as the late Erma Bombeck said (sigh).

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  81. Claudia

    Corey you and your family are so generous! I don’t think I’ll be getting to France any year soon, but if there’s an occasion where I could meet you in Willows some afternoon and say hello to your mom and visit her garden I would love that.
    I read your blog first thing every day (it’s 5am here in CA and I’m reading on my iPod while every one else is asleep.) I am constantly amazed at your photography and your positive, adventurous, generous spirit. The first photo I remember is the burly worker with the delicate teacup. There are so many wonderful photos and stories! Thank-you!

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  82. Susan

    Corey, when I saw your invitation, my heart skipped a beat. I had to discuss with my husband if he would be willing to eat tofu, etc. ha ha I have always admired your writing when you talk about the food you are eating and cooking. This would be a tremendous learning experience for me as I do not know how to embrace a vegetarian diet, though I would love to try. I still have the Victorian magazine and flip through it occasionally, looking at the beautiful pictures of your home. Heck, I even spent some time looking at your toilet in the last post!! Yes, we love France, especially Provence, and will be going back soon though no definite plans yet. I could even cook my German spaetzle and red cabbage for you!! Even if I do not win this fantastic experience, I will contact you before our next visit to meet you and French husband to share a bottle of wine, a loaf of bread, cheese, olives…..you know, the whole French experience. Susan

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  83. CandaceW

    Count me “there”. I met you are Marburger. It started to rain, I told you it would pass. It did not. We packed up our antique booth in a muddy down pour. I complained the whole time. When I read your blog about loading up in the rain..you were “singing in the rain” while I was whinning. Made me stop and think about how I need to see life from a more positive veiw point.

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  84. Cheryl ~ Casual Cottage Chic

    OMG! An opportunity to experience life in France with a family that speaks English….lol! How generous you are 🙂 As you know, I read your FB and blog daily over morning coffee. You have taken us to far away countries over the years as well as opened your own home to us in France and Willows, CA. We’ve watched your children grow and explore over the years; husband soar the skies and ride the roads of France and Italy; enjoyed visits with sweet neighbor Annie and others whom you have welcomed into your home. You’ve shared recipes, moods, memories and abundant love of life. A week with you and your family…OMG! I would pack (lightly and with one empty suitcase) in a New York minute and bring my very best friend, Amy along for the journey!

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  85. TEXAS FRANCOPHILE

    OMG I’m blown away by your generosity! My hubs is a pilot and a fly fisherman so the boys could fly and fish while we brocante til we drop. You’ll enjoy my French with a nasal Texas accent and I’ll enjoy living a week in the life of a Franco/American family. Worry not we’ll take the train down and rent a car so we can give ya’ll a break and take excursions. Anxiously awaiting the result. Oh did I mention that we are tres fun!

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  86. Cherry

    I’ve imagined meeting up with you some day. I don’t have a blog or any amazing talent, but I do have a love for life and people and new experiences (like you I prefer eating and shopping for the deal let the others jump out of planes, climb cliffs, I prefer my feet on the ground!). I came to your site years ago indirectly and I was hooked. I’ve been inspired, awed, encouraged and then I realized I was somewhat living vicariously thru you and your travels. Without a doubt top of the list is when Yann in the midst of proposing to you in the park excused himself to go help a man hooked on drugs and in that moment you knew he was the one. And yes there are so many. . .the amazing little birds nest and your times with Annie. It would be a dream come true to experience a week in your world. How fun would that be? LOADS!!

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  87. Lauren

    Thank you so much for you generous spirit Corey!! I can’t wait to spend a week with you!!! 😉 hint hint, wink wink. I think for me my favorite posts you put up are not even the ones about France, although those are the ones that keep me reading. But I love reading about the times Sacha and Chelsea spend time with your family in California. I understand the joy and pain of living so far from the people you care about most but then the complete happiness when your two worlds collide. So each time I see them loving their family in California I feel closer to you all even though we’ve never met. It makes me look forward to those own moments in my life that have yet to come and to cherish the times I do get to spend back with my family. Plus the fact that your mother seems like the most interesting woman and although I am only 24 I feel like she and I would be best friends.
    As always, thank you for sharing your family, heart, camera lenz and brocante with us!!! Gros bisous!!

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  88. bears879@aol.com

    I cannot begin to choose a favorite. I only know I look forward each day to seeing what you and your family are doing, what news from Provence (heaven on earth it seems to me), and what wonderful things you have unearthed at the brocante. I feel like a friend, and feel fortunate to have a contact, however remote, in my favorite part of the world. Thank you for the joy you bring to my day, and for the occasional sorrow as well. I am not usually one to comment but this was the perfect opportunity to thank you. I will continue to check in every day, even if you don’t know I am there.

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  89. marsha danosky

    Dear Corey,
    The most difficult decision for me would be who to take to France! I would love it to be my Mom,but at 92 years old and in fragile health,that would be impossible.I would have loved to introduce her to Annie…they seem to have the same keen spunk ,and sense of humor.
    So,maybe I would come alone,no problem with that! Of course my favorite posts of yours are the ones involving the brocante.We are kindred spirits there.I was planning a trip to France this year,maybe in May or June,so I would love to meet you and your family!

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  90. Linda McDougall

    Corey> You are my favorite blogger in the whole world> forgive the funny marks my favorite blog lately is the one where you photographed the cemetery in the snow> i loved the photos and i especially loved your enthusiasim what a wonderful thing for you to do> i hope it will be a great time for you with the winners>

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  91. Brother Mathew

    Knock it off already!

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  92. Nicol

    You amaze me!!! No need to enter me as I already hope to see you sometime in the spring . My daughter has just arrived at Euro-med in Marseilles as of last week and we’ll be visiting her sometime soon!! Keeping my fingers crossed that we can meet and go to the Brocante!!! I’ll e-mail you…xoxo

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  93. peggy braswell

    Isn’t blogging just the best thing? I become friends(having never met before). I enjoy reading about family(which we have never met). It is just the best!
    If I must pick a favorite post, it would be about your last Willows visit. Corey, what a gift of words + photography you have. I believe those are “god given” and for those gifts + bloggers I give such graditude.
    Congratulations to whoever gets to vist you + FH. Blessings from CA. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com

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  94. Laurie Hodson

    Dear, Dear, Corey,
    There are so many things that you have written about that have touched my soul. The first being, how you met Yann, then, the journey with your mom and dad as you all faced his death. Your motorcycle trip to Prague. The match making and all the wonderful stories and memories of your children. I think my all time favorite ones are the incredible stories you invent that go with various found objects. This is truly a unique ability and you pull the reader in immediately. I can’t remember when I came across your blog, but I have been following you daily for many years. I’d love to just meet you and spend one day with you-but a whole week would be a once-in-a-life time event. Thank you for this incredible offer.

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  95. Jen

    I can’t name one single blog post as a favorite but I would have to say the ones when you were with your dad were the ones that really drew me in. I don’t remember how I discovered your blog but it was during that very sad time of your life and all I could think was “This woman feels the same way about her dad that i felt about my mom.”
    Ever since then I have started my day in the following way: Shuffle out of the bedroom to make some tea. Sit down with said tea, check facebook and then my daily blogs, which always starts with yours.

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  96. Susan young

    Ps from yesterday…
    I guess my most favorite recent post is the one of your and Yanns 25th anniversary.
    It was beautiful and made me cry. Do you know how lucky you are??? I know that you do, for it is reflected in the joy you express in your photos and writing.
    Merci encore!

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  97. jennifer in SF

    Corey, what an adventure. It is very, very difficult to choose a favorite. I love those you post of the miracles in your life, your friendship with Annie. You have posted things at times where the posts have paralleled my own life, both in joy and in loss, and there has been great comfort in that. Today, because that is where we are, my favorite post is the one on cancer. I walked that path with a French partner, and found such grace in how you managed it and he incorporated some of the same methods you mentioned to cope with that journey. Life did become brighter, the small things bigger, and the kindness of strangers greater. That time has transitioned and so now I am shaping a new life, ever hopeful for what is to come, and having faith that the miracles will continue. On this new path, I enjoy your blog every day, and the all of the joy it brings. Merci, merci beaucoup.

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  98. Sheila Gustafson

    I love the post about how you met Yann, and how your faith in Christ and God were so Important in your journey after you lost your previous sweetheart. God has richly blessed you and if you want to bless me with a home stay, that would be wonderful. But if someone else needs it more, just pass me over and bless them. You are loved, my dear.

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  99. Judith

    I had to really think about this one….but finally decided that myfavorite post is the one where you told us how Chelsea named Sacha. It was so adorable and funny and touching too.
    Your blog is one that I read daily, I love your writing style.
    You are so generous to open your home to your readers.
    Judith

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  100. SusieQ

    Dear sweet Corey – you are so kind and generous, and you cause all of us to dream of your beloved France, your French Husband, Chelsei and Sasha, incredible food, the beauty of all things old, and the brocante – ah yes, the brocante! Choosing a favorite post is not easy, but so loved your tale of matchmaking and the wedding prep that followed. Also loved how Chelsei named Sasha. I also always love when you make us try to identify some brocante treasure. Let’ face it, we just LOVE YOU!

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  101. Massilianana

    Dear Corey , you are something ! I am sure that whoever wins will have a wonderful time with you. I am like several of your readers : hard to choose a favorite post among all the beautiful inspiring posts you wrote with gorgeous pictures every time .Even though I love the way you write about my country, the way you look at it (and show it to me) , at us French people, I think my favorite posts are the ones when you write about America , about Willows in the summer, about your family, about your mom’s garden,…Do not pick me since we’ve already met a couple of times . Good luck to the future winners !

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  102. Georgane Sullivan

    I am coming to France in may. After reading about the open invitation to dinner in Paris I hope to do that at least. I feel happy to get to visit you each day.
    Merci!

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  103. Amylia Grace

    Dream come true! My favorite posts are your ones on the simple pleasures, seeing the beauty and extraordinary in the ordinary. Your post last week, “The Snow Man and the most Charming Village in the French Alps” is an example. It is hard to choose. I love the Annie posts. I love your recipes. I love the family posts with your adorable nieces (like the long hair contest). I loved the stinky cat posts. It is simply too hard to choose! But the ones that tap into those ordinary moments that give us pause and help us see the beauty, those are the gold nuggets of your blog, in my opinion!

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  104. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    I was loving your photos and musings about brocantes and living in France, but when your dad got ill and you flew to CA for those months to be with him and your family, and you shined your faith and dismay and pain so clearly through your words to all of us, then I fell for you hard. I began to consider you a friend.
    My friend Martha flew yesterday to be with her sisters around their dad as he’s in hospital, weak with pneumonia and a cough. My heart is currently with her, even more than imagining France right now!

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  105. Elizabeth

    I think I love the posts about how proud of you are of your kiddos. It reminds me of my own parents and makes those memories and interactions that much sweeter.

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  106. Kambria

    Dear Corey,
    ALL OF YOUR POSTS ARE MY FAVORITES!! I thank you for sharing your life and helping to make mine brighter. I really do enjoy your beautiful photographs. Your images are like the main course of the meal and your stories are like having a rich dessert!

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  107. Sarah

    Oh my gosh! What a wonderful offer. Probably like many would say all your posts are great. Not sure I could pick one, but a place to stay in france, what a gift to whoever wins.

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  108. Nancy from Mass

    My favorite posts were your motorcycle trip…and Sachas’ stay in Willow. Oh there are so many posts I love!

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  109. Rosalind Massel

    I started reading your blog because of an article about you in Romantic Homes Magazine, about 5 years ago. I had never read a “blog” before, and I now read yours everyday.
    I am a francophile and your story about finding a Frenchman in San Francisco, and
    eventually marrying and moving to France was like a fairytale to me. My favorite blogs are
    about your family in Willows, Ca. I love when you are “home” with all your immediate family, especially those nieces and nephews. So glad that your children are able to visit and bond
    with your Mother.
    When I read your blog, I feel like you are writing to me personally. You give me a lift in the morning, even if the day didn’t start so well.
    Thanks for being there!
    Roz M

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  110. Diane Anderson

    Although I simply adored your unexpected adventure and treasure hunt in “Blame it on the Snow Angel”, your tender story about your friend wanting to plan a party in “Fertile Ground Ahead” really got to me. I lost one of my best friends recently… I am cheerleading for your friend and hoping he always feels loved.
    What a beautiful and generous gift you are offering! This reminds me of all the pay it forward that I’m seeing and loving everywhere!

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  111. La Contessa

    How can one have a favorite post of Yours they are all so interesting,soul searching or so similar to my LIFE that I just smile from the inside out!All your posts have “spoken” to me in one way or another.I enjoy them so much some days I don’t have the time to comment some days like today I think I’m behind in reading them but I never delete them always devour the photos and words and wonder why I can’t come up with more stuff to write about on my petite site!You girlfriend are an inspiration!French husband is a lucky DUDE!
    Xxx

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  112. Gloria D.

    Corey
    I read your blog every day and am always inspired by you.You are truly a gifted writer.Your stories about Annie are among my favorites.

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  113. Kristin Yates

    Love the recent pictures of the cemetery in snow, also the artist doing snow landscape art designs!

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  114. Kathy

    Hi Corey
    What a wonderful offer. It is too hard to choose one post, they are all so good. The ones which touch me the most are when you ‘speak’ from your soul. You are such a caring and loving woman.
    Kathy

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  115. Leigh NZ

    What a wonderful kind offer Corey!! I was so sad when I missed you on our visit to Provence last October…you flew to California as I arrived in Aix. I would love love love the opportunity to visit with you and the brocante. You have written so many wonderful posts it’s difficult to choose. However the one that jumps out for me is where you fractured your wrist wallpapering at midnight and you and your mother were given the gift of coming together and understanding each other resulting in a new rich relationship after many years.

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  116. Leigh NZ

    Drat, I was sure I typed in Mother in law!

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  117. Eileen

    I read your blog every day and the favorite blog-post/topic for me? Anything food related! (with photos of your kitchen!).

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  118. Leau

    I was just saying the same thing the other day, how grateful for this whole internet thingy that keeps us connected across the board and not just to an event specific or a job. I love it! And I love reading you every day. It was Chelsea’s sky diving after graduation that gave me the courage to leap out of a very bad situation! smooches

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  119. Lisa DeNunzio, La Dolce Villa

    OOh la la! An offer of a visit. I’m sure you will be barraged with requests. As for my favorite post, it would be those pertaining to Annie. I have an 89 year old neighbor that my husband and I visit weekly. We call our visit ‘date night’ as she has several ‘boyfriends’ including Bill Clinton and Charlie Rose. My husband has now gained entry to the club. Alvina, is the most interesting person, well read, articulate, charming as well as funny. There is never a dull (or quiet moment).
    Also read your wonderful post on cancer. Although I have not had cancer, last July I suffered a spontaneous epidural hematoma that almost ended my life. To say that I have been ‘editing and re-evaluating my life since that time is an understatement. You may recall that I had contacted you on a few occasions about my blog, La Dolce Villa. That has sort of fallen off the map at the moment. Although my spirits are good, my neck healed, I appear to be at somewhat of a crossroads (also due to closing my store, Paper Emporium, the year prior). What I am saying is that your post on Cancer was very succinct and helped me better understand my feelings as well.
    We’ll see what my next act brings, but my experience has narrowed my focus to what is most important – my family and my time with them.
    Thanks again for being a part of my cyber life. I love following your blog and would delight in being chosen to visit with you, your family – and of course, the broccante. Best, Lisa

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  120. Heather Lindstrom

    Hi Corey-ever so thoughtful and inspiring. What a lovely and generous gift you offer to those who are inspired by you. I was lucky enough to travel to London and Paris with my family for the holidays this year…magical.
    I also started a blog last year and was fortunate to meet you, my first blogger, in Chico at Nantucket last spring.
    Thank you for the encouragement. You are so right….blogging and the connections created are incredible and life altering.
    Thank you for the inspiration lady!
    xx, Heather

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  121. Teresa Young

    I have been reading your blog for quite some time, because my father was ill last year and I had been caring for him, most of my blog reading was put to the wayside. It was a long year. My sweet husband sent me off to spellbound in California last November for a break. I met you in person. You were the generous beautiful soul I imagined in your writings. I have to be honest…I read your blog most of the time for your flea market finds. And dreamed of going myself. So, I can honestly say, ALL your post with your flea market finds are my favorites.
    I lost my Dad less than a month after I returned home. He said go. Go see the world. And that is what I plan to do. Your blog has been an inspiration for me to see France. Thank you for your generous offer. Maybe I will get a chance to go.

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  122. Allison

    Oh WOW! Seeing Marburger from your eyes was quite lovely nd any post on Annie a treat.

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  123. Sinem

    I adore your blog. The way you write is so sincere and from the heart that it would make any reader follow your blog. I love the pictures; they show the beauty in very simple things in life like your article with the title “bread and butter”. I think it is my favourite.
    Hugs from Istanbul,

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  124. BONNIE BUCKINGHAM

    My favorite was the series of posts with the girl coming over to meet French husband’s brother. I was glued to the screen. THEN the beautiful posts when your father passed away. I prayed. I prayed lots. It is what blogging does: makes you come alongside in the sorrows and the joys.
    My youngest of 5 is 15 and is learning to speak French. She dreams of Paris.

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  125. AngiD aka Splendid

    Dearest Corey
    As usual your kind spirit fills my heart and renews my faith in all humanity. I would love to come visit you and French husband and meet you and Annie. Although I do not foresee much of a chance of traveling this year, we have 2 daughters graduating one from college and the other from 8th grade. My husband is also celebrating his 50 birthday and taking a trip to Washington DC with the oldest. It is truly enough for me to imagine and hopefully hear about the lucky people who do get to come and stay. Perhaps someday we shall actually met in person, if not please know that you sharing your life with all the hills and valleys has truly made a difference in mine.

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  126. Denise from CT

    Since I only just recently came across your blog it is difficult to say which one is my most favorite. But the one that was about your 25th Anniversary was so beautiful. Maybe there is still hope that there is a romantic man out there for me! N’est pas?

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  127. karen

    Each day you share a wonderful stand alone story, but I do have a few that are my favorites. I love the stories you share about your children. Your children seem like so much fun (even mischievious), and they are beautiful children. I liked the story about Sacha and Chelsea enjoying each other’s company while you were in Willows. I loved the story about Sacha’s homecoming after his being away for so long. I have no children of my own, but I felt your joy at having your son home again. And I loved the video of Sacha and Chelsea on the skiing trip recently. They definitely are a fun pair! Thanks for sharing your family and your life with us, the world, each day. You have a gift to take a simple moment and make it extraordinary. (I have had some adventures years ago in Paris,a lovely city.)

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  128. Lisa

    I love all the stories of the brocante…the getting out of a van and marching through the mud regardless of the weather to find your treasures. A tour of a brocante with you in France would be AMAZING.

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  129. events@tresfabuevents.com

    January Greetings Corey ~
    I love mostly the articles you write about your family in France; in Winters on your travels back to Cali; your children in general and the the featurette on your 25th Wedding Anniversary. What a fabulous milestone. Anything family ~ treasured family memories. Always makes me feel like….I am there in the same space…..whilst your story telling is happening. Thank you for sharing. We can pack our bags with a moments notice! Ha! xoxo

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  130. Barbara

    Oh my goodness, Corey! I love readinng all of your posts! How could I pick just one? That’s like saying what is your most favorite book? Or brocante find? Impossible. I can say that I like your “romantic” stories the best — how you met French Husband, and how your American friend met her French Husband.
    Barbara

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