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Growing Up is about Spelling Your Name
Yesterday, afternoon while we were preparing Sunday lunch at La Madone a spilled box of alphabet pasta brought a flood of memories to the surface. Don't you just love when…
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22 Years and One Snowy Day
Looking out at Winter Wonderland that use to be Provence. Snow and snowing. Doesn't look like we will be going anywhere any time soon.A very good excuse to stay in…
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22 Years
THe REasOn I aM in FRaNCe ThESe LAsT 22 yEArs. Snowing very much. White wonderland, falling steady. No boots, no gloves. Oh golly gee… I guess we must stay in…
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The Unfortunate Burning of Napoleon’s Bon-a-Parts
Dear Ding Dong, H-E-L-L-O! This is what happens when you do not look carefully in the shopping bag before throwing it away. Nine postcards instead of ten. Know you now…
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When I need Pastilles I pop a Brocante
Cafe au lait bowls use to be as easy to find as a Cafe in France. They cost less than a coffee too. At one point I had nearly one…
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Girl Talk and that thing called Love
Spending the night with Chelsea we had plenty of time to girl talk.Our conversation wove clothes, hair, movies, food, future dreams and boys (two boys to be exact) into…
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Falling Asleep dreaming of Feves
This morning I went with Chelsea to take her back to school. She usually goes alone, but was worried she might fall asleep driving on the way back. So I…
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Epiphany, Those Three Kings, the Twelfth day of Christmas and Feves
photo: Feves for the Gateau des Rois that I found while brocanting. Epiphany is the twelfth day of Christmas. Though today is not the twelfth day of Christmas, Epiphany is…
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If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Baked a Cake, Hired a Band….
Chocolate is not my favorite. Neither is baking. In fact I rarely bake. Baking, or I should say making desserts is a calculated risk. Yes it is. Cooking is forgiving,…
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