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Easter Monday is a Holiday in France
In France, there’s no Easter Bunny. Instead, there’s a story I love—one that still feels wrapped in a bit of mystery and childhood wonder. On Good Friday, the church bells…
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Easter Morning
The tomb is empty. And that changes everything. Light over darkness. We can breathe — away from fear, from indifference, from the noise of the world — and into the…
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The Feast of Light
There is a hush I feel inside lately. A silence that doesn’t come from peace, but from absence.Something is missing.Something soft. Maybe it is love.Maybe we’ve placed it on a…
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One Bunny, One Bird, and Paw Patrol
« One Easter photo please? » I asked the Pickles. Sometimes—no, often—the photo I have in mind to take of my grandchildren is not at all what they have in mind, and nothing I…
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Breaking Bread- Holy Thursday
There is something in the breaking of bread that feels older than memory, older than the words we speak at a ritual. It is not about ceremony, not really. It…
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Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence
Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence (a museum , restaurant, café, garden, and gift shop.) Most of all a delight. Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence was originally a private hôtel particulier (a…
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Becoming Spring
After winter, when seeds have sat in silence, waiting, something stirs— Quiet, unseen, beneath the soil it’s not about rushing the bloom, but trusting the thaw. Life, like a flower…
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Deliciousness Overload
Years ago, I stumbled upon a charming antiques shop, filled to the brim with floral and landscape paintings and delightful tabletop décor. While chatting with the owner, I learned that…
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Blessed is the One Who Comes…
Palms rustle like whispers of hope in dry wind, waved by hands that know both praise and pain—children’s voices echo hosannas down dust-veiled roads where ancient stones remember every footstep,…
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Baciccio in Aix en Provence
In the heart of Aix-en-Provence, where the shutters are often half-closed and the bustle of daily life is in the air, there’s a place that feels like opening a secret…
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