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The Clock Strikes
The time has come to say goodbye. And to say hello. Aurevoir Willows home! Bonjour French home! Twenty two hours door to door. xoxo
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The Long Hair Contest: Girls with Wreaths
The last few years my five younger nieces and I have been in a long hair contest. The last three years my niece Maci has won. This year Gina,…
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The History of Family
The history of family started back before you or I were born, back before history was recorded, before ink and pen, somewhere amongst a mother's arms and a…
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Home Base
Home base. Feet firmly planted. I hit a home run. Rounded the bases, No need to slide, or steal. Two teams. France and USA. Happy to…
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The Country Road
Feet up against the dashboard, my brother drives, a trail blazing with dust grows behind us. A song rattles along with the shovels and beer cans in the back…
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The Heart of France
A stalk of books One is a French dictionary, another reads, "… The Heart of France." The are not read, nor opened… decoration only. Why hadn't I noticed…
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The Sheperd Boy
Behind my Mother's home there are rice fields, canals, a walnut orchard, black berry bushes, sheep, dirt roads, the Buttes, the Sacramento valley and years of seeding, toil and…
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The Elegant Vegan
My cousin inspired me to become a vegetarian, enter a monastery, live a life aware of beauty and fall in love with The Doors. She was my idol.…
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One Direction or a Pink Fluffy Unicorn
My nieces Kate and her big sister Gina. Kate is eight or nine years old, but she is five to me. I do not want her to be any…
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