French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com French la Vie Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:31:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.frenchlavie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poppy-1-150x150.png French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com 32 32 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/04/05/easter-day/ Easter Day https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/953331182/0/tongueincheek~Easter-Day/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/953331182/0/tongueincheek~Easter-Day/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:46 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=84439 Love Joy PEACE Compassion all the goodness to celebrate! photos: on a large handpainted panel from the 1700s.]]>

Love

Joy

PEACE

Compassion

all the goodness to celebrate!

photos: on a large handpainted panel from the 1700s.

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Never too young nor too old to go to a brocante—there’s truly something for everyone. That’s what I’ve learned from taking groups of people along. When you go with others, you start to see things differently; you see things through their eyes, and the experience becomes an eye opener wonder.

It was Olivia’s first time at the brocante, and, true to herself, she immediately spotted a red dress, pink shoes, and sparkling pieces everywhere. She may very well have been bitten by the brocante bug—and, of course, I couldn’t be more pleased.

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be the change

that turns

the ripple

into a wave

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choose humility

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/953035160/0/tongueincheek~The-Caring-Heart/feed/ 5 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/04/01/have-you-hugged-a-tree/ Have You Hugged a Tree? https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/952883588/0/tongueincheek~Have-You-Hugged-a-Tree/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/952883588/0/tongueincheek~Have-You-Hugged-a-Tree/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:48 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=84412 The gift of hugging a tree. We have something called the biophilia hypothesis- basically, we are wired to feel better when we connect with nature. Hugging a tree as isn’t strange- it is a way for our nervous system to recognize something ancient and familiar. This tree in the middle of a field close to […]]]>

The gift of hugging a tree.

We have something called the biophilia hypothesis- basically, we are wired to feel better when we connect with nature.

Hugging a tree as isn’t strange- it is a way for our nervous system to recognize something ancient and familiar.

This tree in the middle of a field close to where my home is- gives an incredible energy – a healing grace.

It is no wonder I have nearly a thousand photos of trees on my phone.

“I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.”

— Joyce Kilmer, from “Trees” (1913)

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