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My Cousins are Coming!
2026-09-02 11:00 UTC by Corey

My cousin Alma and her dear husband Mike arrive this evening to stay with us! We have talked about this trip for years, and now it is here!
Every summer our families vacationed together, and as a child and into my teen age years I spent many overnights, and extended summer stays at their home. Our families are very close.
I am so happy, I...

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Le Train Bleu
2026-09-01 11:00 UTC by Corey

Le Train Bleu

We stopped inside for lunch,

The interior

was my dessert.

Come Join Us!
2026-08-31 11:00 UTC by Corey

Do you want to come to France on a whim? Are you able to hop on a plane and join us in few weeks? Do you enjoying going ho the brocante, good food, shared experiences??

We had an unexpected cancellation due to one of our repeated guest needing immediate surgery. 😞. If you can join us September 22nd-29th. DM me for details.

                

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Notre Dame de Paris
2026-08-30 11:00 UTC by Corey

Notre Dame, eternal hope, a testament to faith that survives, adapts, and begins anew.

Like Adam and Eve, this fragile circle of stained glass captures a beginning. Gathered from the ash, a relic of what was, as the first beautiful breath of Notre-Dame’s rebirth.

Inside the sacred heart of Notre-Dame de Paris, the 14th-century northern...

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Brocante Spotting
2026-08-29 11:00 UTC by Corey

A welcoming drizzle after a sweltering summer accompanied us to the brocante. I felt sorry for the books, paper and fabric, silk flowers, and all the fragile, sweet things left out to endure the weather. 

Aubusson woven arm rest pieces: cost 200€

Pass I did. Though wishing they were mine. I have an armchair that would have made them a...

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Climbing to the Top of the Dungeon
2026-08-28 11:00 UTC by Corey

They say there are 250 steps to the top of the donjon at Château de La Roche-Guyon. That’s true… if you don’t count all the steps it takes just to get to the beginning of those steps.

My friend Erika and I have been wandering through France without planning every detail. When we came upon Château de La Roche-Guyon, we hadn’t intended...

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