Month: April 2016
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Poppies in Provence
Oh welcome back red darlings! Your first blooms, long waited, remind me that spring has arrived, my coats and sweaters can go in the back of the closet. The temptation to surrender to days of simple living, barefoot, picnics,…
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Rose and the Love Letter
In a box at the flea market,Dusty and forgotten,Memories slept closely to one another while silently dreaming of another place and time. Once cherished. Placed carefully. Peeked at when the heart ached, or feelings surged. Those…
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Orange Onion Salad, Really?
(Memory 2010) My friend Annie talked about a salad she had as if it were her new best friend. She described it in detail: the crunch of its voice, its tangy personality, its unexpected freshness and with curiosity, like…
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Maybe I Should Play the Lottery?
Remember how I wanted to change the window in Cassis, and I was quoted 1500 Euros. Well I went a hunting around salvage yards, and found one!!!! (Yes that many exclamation marks!) As the window in the fisherman's…
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The Fisherman’s House in Cassis
When you walk up the narrow stairwell you enter the kitchen. Opposite this view there is a window that looks to the port and onward to the sea. The kitchen will be an alley style along the left…
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What Will Hold that Stone Sink Up?
The apartment in Cassis, or the Fisherman's House as it known in Cassis, had nothing in it to be salvaged. The plumbing, electricity, two support beams, sagging floors… had to be restored. Basically, the entire place had to be…