Month: March 2013
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The Ground Beneath my Feet
When the ground was rocky, dry, barren, and uneven. She bent down and tied a velvet ribbon around her ankle. "There!" she said, "That's better." Knowing where to focus can make a world of difference.
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The French Brocante Art of Negotiation
A stack of hand tinted engravings laid at the bottom of a trunk. I bent down, scooped them up and asked, "How much?" The dealer spent the next ten minutes counting them. When that happens it usually means the…
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Finds from the French Brocante: Tell Me What do You Collect?
French Antique Fish Chocolate Mold, On April 1st the French give each other chocolate fish called: "Friture." The tradition has it that on the 1st of April children try to stick a homemade paper fish onto people’s backs without the person knowing…
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When Life Gives You Lemons What Do you Do?
Lemon Tart or Tarte au Citron I love to cook. Baking is further down the list on the things I like to do. Don't get me wrong, I like to bake, but baking is more like rocket science… Whereas…
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Keep Calm…
Keep Calm and Carry On As long as I am carry on at the Brocante I can keep calm for days on end, well, unless I see something I wanted sold for ten cents in someone else's hands. Make your…
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Saturday Art Saves: Family Recipes Torani
photo source Torani Each Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on fire to…