Category: Living in France
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Retour
Yann returns to France next week, we will join him soon after. Summer vacation with my family, is coming to an end! I know we are fortunate, maybe even spoiled, to…
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Les Yeux sont le Miroir de l’Ame
Looking through the shop window, I see a collection of dreams. A bit of gild, a bit of rust… religious artefacts… holders for candles soon to be lit… An angel hidden amongst the what-nots…and a tiny oil painting of a…
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Beating Heart
Because I live in France, though my entire family lives in California, I am often missing someone at one time or another. I have missed many special occasions, many day-to-day…
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Standing where I Stand
Living in France is not like living in the USA. It just ain’t the same. Wine is replaced for beer. They wear jeans and make them look like a little black dress, they have savoir-faire when it comes to such…
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The Keys to Happiness
Two keys, two homes, to my heart, California and France, Chez moi is my place, Where does your heart take residence? Home is where the heart is, and my heart is happy! Bien Chez moi! photo: Rusty French antique keys.
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In the Garden of Eden
This is the man who is building our stone fountain, (the one who holds the dainty teacup, pounds the sledge hammer, and carves the stones.) These are the stones that I met a year ago. We have become solid friends,…