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Current ArticlesThis feed's current articles are shown below. Subscribe for updates to all the content available in this feed, or click through here to see the original article.  For twenty years I have written a blog every day. I missed a single day when my platform at the time, Typepad, had a technical problem for about 24 hours and it could not post. I changed platforms two years ago, when Typepad became impossible to use. With the help of two very smart, generous, kind people- Kari and Dan, Early days felt great, yet... Read the whole entry... »
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- What I Saw at the Brocante Last Weekend
  Walking home along a familiar path, the light was thinning.
I looked up at the branches—
naked now, strong arms at rest,
the leaves long shed after guarding us from the heat of summer. What once slowed the sun’s rays had gracefully fallen,
letting go of its lush foliage,
allowing thin light to slip through the winter sky,
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 Oh the brocante and the simple joy it lets me discover. Tucked inside a homemade box, made especially to hold a person’s sweet souvenirs –
Glassine paper wrappers, once filled with Jordan almonds, favors for communions and marriages. Folded. Saved. Kept.
When I saw the tiny wrappers I smiled at the dealer. What a sweet little piece of... Read the whole entry... »
 I knew the moment I saw them that they were coming home with me.
They were scattered here and there on a table at the brocante, rolled and stacked without bother. Dusty wooden like dowels darkened with age. But the 18th century engravings caught my attention. Each canvas is attached to carved wooden dowels- both as hanging... Read the whole entry... »
  Sacha gave Olivia a chocolate before he left and told her not to tell anyone—it was a secret. That night, she went to bed cradling the chocolate in her hand, keeping it hidden. In the middle of the night, she woke up, remembered it, carefully unwrapped it, and ate it. In the morning, Olivia said, “I didn’t brush my teeth last night.”
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