Month: November 2022
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Childhood
Discovery through play and imagination.They create their world of wonder and awe with a stick, leaves, and a puddle. To dive into the magic and become anything at any time simply because they can. Ah, now to keep alive the…
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The Chair and the Vine
An old chair and an old wisteria vine. Both with history, and both watch in silence. Which is older, do you think? Sitting in the shade side by side, both admiring the other, "You bring comfort!" "Ah, but you bring…
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Paroles, A Song by Elvis for Today
There must be lights burning brighter somewhereGot to be birds flying higher in a sky more blueIf I can dream of a better landWhere all my brothers walk hand in handTell me why, oh why, oh why can't my…
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The Extra Full Train
The train was full coming home, not unusual, but when we got on, they announced that the electronic boards with the car numbers were wrong. So everyone had to get out and race to their right car. Chaos! It was…
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Are We Having Fun?
As soon as Gabriel was out of school (yes, school for French children is mandatory at age three), we went to the park, which is a stone's throw from his school, and two stone throws from where they live.…