Ten years ago today my father died. Space and time are strange, hard to grasp, how could ten years go by when I feel my father is still by my side? "The days are long, but the years…

    First, stop Italy. Did you know Sacha can eat an entire box of pasta in one sitting? If it were homemade he would probably consume more.    

    Bags packed and off we go on our happily umpteenth cruise, with the entire Rolland-Benis Clan, my Belle-Mere offered her entire family this trip. Who would have known that we would be cruisers? No driving, delicious meals, entertainment, rooms…

      Provencal clothing: Classic 1800s Lace cap, a flat straw hat, with a black velvet choker with a cross attached, a Provencal printed cotton scarf tied just so around one's shoulders, a white cotton lace chemise, a cotton…

      The French village where I live started nearly two thousand years ago deep within the Provencal foothills. Over a thousand years ago it was destroyed by a fire. Trails, stone walls, a church, and traces of another…