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The Baguette
2026-11-05 11:00 UTC by Corey

The baguette — perhaps one of the most iconic symbols of France. Questionable given France has a treasure chest full of landmarks. But, the baguette is certainly up there in the top ten. Or should the croissant take the lead? Then, of course, there’s the cheese, followed by the wine- red, white and rose. And let’s not forget that...

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Shades of Blue
2026-11-04 11:00 UTC by Corey

A shift is in the tide.
A different shade on the horizon.

Voices carrying shape and size
Voices heard in various ancestral language

And somewhere,
in these shades of blue,
a rise in the deep, natural, healing, current.

A wave can change the shoreline.
But it doesn’t reshape it overnight.

What has begun must keep...

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A Donkey and an Elephant
2026-11-03 11:00 UTC by Corey

An elephant and a donkey (1900s) that I found at the brocante, part of the French crèche (nativity set in French.)

 Aren’t they adorable?

Oh symbolism:

“An artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind.” Via the...

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A Little French Tuiles- History
2026-11-02 11:00 UTC by Corey

Did you know how many tiles (tuiles, carreaux, malons, pottery…) my village produced in a year? Give a wild guess. A wilder guess! It is so shocking, that my exaggerating storytelling habits do not need to be expressed.

I still can’t believe it myself. If you walk around our village, you can still see the huge 4 old kilns. They stop...

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Halloween
2026-11-01 11:00 UTC by Corey

How many trick-or-treaters did you have?

The street in front of our house has been completely torn up because of a broken water pipe. There are detour signs preventing cars from using the street, so I really didn’t expect to have many trick-or-treaters this year.

Halloween was never really a thing in France, but every year it seems to...

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