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Will Santa Come to My House?
2024-12-19 02:00 UTC by Corey

        “The joy of brightening other lives becomes the magic of Christmas.” – W.C. Jones        

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Repost a Christmas Story from 2006 or so. But this actual story was twenty years ago.

In our village lives another Franco-American family. Their little boy Luca asked me with pleading eyes, “Corey, remember last...

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Christmas Colors
2024-12-18 17:29 UTC by Corey

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

– Hamilton Wright Mabie 

The Christmas lights in our village float across the main street, along with the church’s facade and around the baker’s window. The season of expectation is upon us—or at least that is how I think of it. I remember the feeling I...

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I Wanted 1 Nice Photo
2024-12-17 17:30 UTC by Corey

Taking a family photo is the one time a person can bribe, threaten, or pull the mom card on them into standing still, smiling, and not goofing off for at least one moment. But…

… at least I didn’t have to bribe, threaten, or pull the mom card on anyone into having fun and being together. And honestly, that’s worth more than a perfect...

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The Story Teller and the Story Told
2024-12-16 17:33 UTC by Corey

“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its...

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Sacredness of Christmas
2024-12-15 17:36 UTC by Corey

Life’s currents

moving through stone

guiding us back home.

There are moments in an ordinary day that enter the heart, changing us with each beat.

There are moments that we cannot explain; we only feel.

There are moments when everything becomes crystal clear and dissolves into a mystery in the next breath.

There are moments fleeting,...

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What Color is Your Wool?
2024-12-14 17:51 UTC by Corey

More than an agricultural method, transhumance is a cultural tradition that reflects the pastoral heritage of the Provencal way of life.

Walking in the countryside, up the road to Saint Baume, I heard them before I saw them. They came with their bells ringing, taking over the entire route, leaving me little choice but to stand still and admire...

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