Month: August 2017
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Lunch in Provence
Whenever Denise and Vlad are in Provence, which is every summer, we try to spend as much time as we can with one another, 'cause that is what friend's do. Luckily, for us, Denise loves to cook, and she…
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Make it Special
The last of the lavender, and a few roses from our garden. Those delicate petals, just like that, perfection. Softness. Letting the petals be. A handwritten poetry book composed in beautiful script. 1893 When I opened it,…
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A Story of Chelsea and Mr. Espresso
The Theme: A Mother/ Daughter moment: (2008, Aix en Provence) The Stage: The daughter's (Chelsea) studio. First Scene: The Coffee Machine Daughter shows Mother her new coffee machine. Mother does not…
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A Life Well Lived
This was the sugar bowl that shattered on the red tile floor when it fell from Mademoiselle Elise's hand back in 1916. This was Mademoiselle Hoped-to-be-Husband, Pierre-Louis. Often she told her children how…
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Best Place to Think Over Things
When the morning is running faster than your feet can manage, When the day is fuller than your arms can carry, When you know you should sit down and have something to eat, but the beast in you…
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Poetic Chapter
A pile of old French religious books were scattered on the ground at the brocante, dumped out of a box that someone had probably collected from cleaning out an attic. The fountain pen writing in the book was…