It has been nearly 14 years that I have been blogging, sometimes with gusto, sometimes with a peek, usually with a photo.
Do you have any questions for me?
I will answer them in tomorrow's post.
Do You Have Any Questions for Me
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31 responses to “Do You Have Any Questions for Me”
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I have many questions and hope that some day I will be able to visit you and ask them in person.
Here are a few questions I feel comfortable asking in comments:
* Do the French have a specific retirement age? Will you and Yann ever formally “retire”?
* Will you ever share your time at the monastery with us?
* Have you seriously considered writing a book about your experiences in France?
Can’t wait to read everyone’s questions and see your answers! -
Was your husband a student when you met him at a dance in the U.S.?
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I always wonder in the posts when you pose a question like what is your favorite flowers-I look to see if you answered the question and most times you do not….so 2 right off the top of my head-are you a shoe lover what is your favorite pair and what is your favorite flower-oh and one more your favorite season-
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What did you decide to do about your hair color and length?
Do you expect to babysit A LOT this year? How long is French Maternity Leave?
Would love more about Provencial boutis and its construction
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Please share your experiences at the monastery. How old were you when you entered and when you left? What were your days and evenings like? In what ways did the experience carry over to your spiritual life today? Do you keep in touch with your friends at the monastery?
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I know you asked Annie, but have you ever asked your belle mère about her experiences during WW II?
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I am interested in hearing about Chelsea wedding dress dilemma and your mother-of-the-bride dress issue.
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Can the tiny house and the house next door to you be rented?
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Is the Yellow Vest revolt affecting your weekends and if so how? Not your opinion of the movement but how the revolt is affecting your life. And please, would you list a few of your favorite wines.
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You are such a beautiful, elegant writer. Your posts are heartfelt and your language is artful.
How did you find your voice and what made you such a creative writer?
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How do you come up with inspiration for posts and do some days feel as if you don’t want to do this anymore. I hope not for our sake. I like the favorite wine question…
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I love your photos! Every picture you take is enticing. Do you take them on your phone or with a camera. Do you use filters or any apps to get such great looks?
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Thank you for inviting us to ask about you, one of the most fascinating people I have encountered.
You are so busy that you may not have much time for reading, but what do you like most to read (ex., books of what genre, magazines, newspapers, etc.)? What are your favorite books, newspapers, magazines? Do you read most often from a screen or in hard copy?
If you listen to music, what type of music and in what setting (ex., streaming in the background when you are at home, in person in concert, on the radio, and so on)?
Do you like to garden? Or to design gardens?
When you are talking with a French person who also is conversant in English, do you most often speak in French or English?
I have many more questions, but I will save them for later. On a related note: I hope that once you become a grandmother, you will often post your observations and other thoughts about grandparenting. Like you and Yann, my husband and I will become first-time grandparents this year, when our daughter gives birth to identical twin girls in August or the first week of September. As will be the case with your grandchild, ours will not live near us: they will live about 10 hours by car south of where we live.
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I’d love to hear about your BelleMere’s experience during WWII also.
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I’m bringing my granddaughter to Paris next year, she will be 18. I will take her to all t usual suspects but where is a fun place to take her shopping? Any special desert places?
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Being a wife of a retired Marine and always saying goodbye to friends and family over the years, I would like to know how you handle it when you visit the USA and that long teary ride back to France. Love your blog so very much!
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How do you do it every day? I know it was a meaningful challenge that began your daily blogging and 14 years is a long time! I’m sure there have been many times where you didn’t feel like posting, yet I can’t remember not seeing it. Maybe once when your were traveling and couldn’t get service. It’s remarkable you’ve done it and an inspiration. Your community feels a connection to your life and family through it and obviously you’ve made many friends as a result.
One of the comments above mentioned the Monastery story and I agree that it is worth sharing. Perhaps in your About or maybe it’s own menu.
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Wonderful questions!
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Firstly, THANK YOU for having the willpower to share your stories with us for 14 years! WOW! Such an amazing writing talent and sense of purpose.
I think the question I will ask is this..what are your thoughts when you peruse your readers comments on your stories? When you share your stories with pictures but we are unable to provide you with as much background in our comments.. do you wonder about our lives and try to imagine us?
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I like the others could ask a thousand questions. We are in Paris in May for a few days. Staying StGermaine area. Any local spot/spot you would recommend we check out. Maybe a local cafe you like- we prefer local places vs the ones we always see in the travel books. Always appreciate local knowledge 🙂
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Corey, you are such a great writer, a very spiritual person, a great prose poet. You can write about anything and I treasure it. Hope to hear lots about Baby Grandboy.
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I look forward to checking in with u every day because life in France has the appearance of something more. I still can figure out if this is true. So my question is a request to have you add small ideas of change that you have learned in France and from your mom. When you shared about making scones with your children after school I embraced this idea with grandson after school because I have always wanted to do a rea time more regularly. Thanks Cory for sharing
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Will brown furniture ever make a comeback in France? Here they are marketing antiques as “sustainable” furniture because they almost can’t give them away.
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Yes! Thank you for all you have shared of you and your family with us. What do you do for just you, for rest?
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Let’s see a picture of the new piece of furniture you added
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RE “When you are talking with a French person who also is conversant in English, do you most often speak in French or English?”
My experience with native Portuguese-speakers in the Azores has been that they always want to practice their English on me! -
When are you going to publish a “Book of Annie”? It could be a best-seller!
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Other than family and friends what do you miss most about the United States?
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This question may have been asked, but I wonder if you have a collection of photos saved in a file, with the wonderful quotes that you share, or do you take these daily and one at a time to post to your daily blog? Whatever you do, they are wonderful, and never never boring, I can’t get enough of them! I LOVE your blog, and wait each day to see your new home in Cassis. Hugs from Wisconsin
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so enjoy your writings about family, France, and the prokects incurred. So my questions is the square footage of your places. Is property expensive one gets out of Paris. Not to be nosey, but curious. Plz continue your blogs, would be so sorely missed. Sel
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Corey – thank you for answering my questions. My intent was not to pry about your time (or anyone else) at the monastery, but simply to get an idea what it is like to be there – a typical day, atmosphere within the community, etc (my point of reference is Maria in the Sound of Music at the abbey – just wondering what it is *truly* like).
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