• Questions

    This is a post to answer a few questions I have been asked: 1)  Yes, Chelsea started university (called Class Preparatory) in Aix.  She is living in a studio and…

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  • A Girl with a Past

                                When my ancestors traveled from Portugal to the Azores Islands during the thirteen century,  I was with them.  I stood…

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  • The Old Porch Chair

                        The porch door was open, inviting the early autumn leaves a place to rest.  A few gathered taking solace by the old porch…

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  • Painting France

    Photo shop and I are becoming friends.  Or I should say, Photo shop let’s me pretend I can paint! Photo:  A street in the town of Arles, France. Photo:  A…

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  • Give it your best Shot

    The shout went out, "Put your best foot forward!"  The table leg obeyed.  She didn’t care that her foot was peeling, cracked and rough.  It was her best.  It was…

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  • Kissing the Stone

                        "In ten years time will I remember this moment?"  This  is something I say to myself when I think the situation I am…

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  • An Angel’s Crown

                                                An angel’s crown is gained whenever we help someone carry their burden.

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  • The Butterfly and Her Rock

    (Today is French Husband’s birthday.)  We were sitting by one another, just the two of us, I looked over at him as he drove, thinking… When you love someone, you…

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  • Queen Amen

    French Pastries and I are intimate friends. There is nothing untouched between us. Bakeries in France are the pearly gates to heaven! When I arrived in France 19 years ago…I…

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  • Walking on her Own.

    One of Chelsea’s first burning desires happened when she was in kindergarten, when her class went to see a circus. It was at that moment that she knew what she…

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