Month: February 2014
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The Brocante Bug
The French brocante is my happy place. My heart literally leaps when I see the stands. French Husband knows to stop the car and let me get out, before he goes to park it. My feet carry me to…
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Coming Home
We have been in Vars skiing, snuggling, drinking chocolate and wine and watching it snow. And did it snow. This morning French Husband shoveled the car out of the snow as I stared at the road ahead, "Honey I don't…
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In Memory of my Friend Shelley
(Photo I took years ago of Shelley, her husband Eric, and their children: Britton, Brent and Garet. Please keep them in your prayers and good thoughts.) Dear Shelley, I was sitting in a cafe when Yann told me you…
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Saturday Art Saves: Small Meadow Press
Photo and Online Postcards Via Small Meadow Press 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…
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Olympics: Indoor Snowball Contest and Snowmen Falling from the Sky
What to do when it is snowing snowmen outside? What to do when it is as if someone has poured white out on the sky, mountains, and most everything two feet in front of you? We…
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What Are You Afraid Of?
Yann has been skiing since he was five years old. The last time I skied was when I was 28. Yann taught Chelsea and Sacha how to ski. Yann says Sacha skis better than he does, and Chelsea,…