Month: September 2016
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Tell Me Your Way to Happiness
The way I find happiness? Taking time to be with another. Listening not only to words, but what is inside of someone's hearts (feelings), hands (what they are carrying) and their movements (what are they doing). Trying to…
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I Always Wanted Long Legs
Before Chelsea left to go back to her job in Paris, we went shopping. Do you know what it is like to go shopping with someone who no matter what they put on it looks like a million bucks?…
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Belem Sailing in Marseille
Photo via Sacha's Snap For French Husband's birthday we rented a boat. French Husband proposed that we set out early since the sea is normally calmer, and enjoy the day. We begrudgingly obliged 'cause it was his…
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On the Eve of Someone’s Birthday
Chelsea and Sacha came home this eve to celebrate French Husband's birthday tomorrow. Though we started celebrating the moment we picked them up from the train. Golden light reflection along the coastline in L'Estaque (way off the beaten path).…
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What if Your Heart is in Two Places?
La Ciotat, next door to Cassis and nearby to us. At times I have to pinch myself living here feels like a dream. Earlier this morning on my way to the grocery store, a neighbor…
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Literally Next Door
The house next door is nearly completed. Rene is not sitting in the corner other than to put in the electrical plugs. The layers of chaux (lime) paint Rene (the contractor, artisan, clever one man show…) was stripping layers…