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French Country Food: A Craving for a Scrumpdillyumptious French Dessert
A French country meal starts with soup… lately we (Sacha and I) have had are fair share of it. French Husband has become a mini Paul Bocuse, I am not…
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Nantucket
Growing up in Willows, a small town in Northern California, we had one or two places to go to if we wanted to shop, or if we wanted to see…
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What’s New With You?
In the last forty eight hours I have caught up with most of my friends in France: 1) Had an affair and is falling in love. 2) Sold her house…
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Golden Harvest
The golden straw after the harvest coats the fields, waves with the wind goodbye, gives way to nesting, the sun sets, another day gathererd for memory. The plane lifts, the…
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The Last Night Home
My last night home was spent at my brother Zane's and sister in law Joy's home. We celebrated my mother's birthday. Joy prepared the dinner in her new kitchen. My…
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Gathering Antiques and Friendship
When I was a kid one of my mother's favorite things to do was to take my four brothers and I to find treasures at the junk yard. At that…
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The Scarecrow Contest
There was a Scarecrow Contest in my small childhood town. My mom and her friend Holly decided to enter. We knew without a doubt that it wouldn't be you typical…
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Blowing in the Wind, The forest that landed in front of my mom’s house
A storm was predicted. The rice farmers raced to take the crop off the fields, not because it would ruin the yield but because it would be difficult to…
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A Pumpkin and Pomegranate Party
Happy Birthday Mom!! My mother tells the story "… I was probably nine or ten, when my father came to Glenn county to buy a dairy…
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My Father’s Closet
My childhood home is not the same. Yes love is there, that hasn't changed, but the feeling it gave has. The ground under foot is tender, the seeds of faith…
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