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Art-Bus Ride-Hoarder
2026-11-15 11:00 UTC by Corey

I bet this is true: The endless art in French antiques could make the most minimalistic person become a hoarder.

Everywhere you turn at a French brocante, there is something chipped, gilded, hand-carved, or gloriously worn down to its bare wood. It takes zero effort to fall in love with the accidental beauty of things that tumble to a...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2026-11-15
2026-11-15 05:00 UTC

  1. The Olives
  2. A Donkey and an Elephant
  3. A Peek at the Pickles French SchoolCafeteria Menu
  4. Harvesting Olives
  5. A Little French Tuiles- History

The Peace of Wild Things
2026-11-14 11:00 UTC by Corey

Autumn Is Poetry
2026-11-13 11:00 UTC by Corey

French autumn breathes in gold—


the harvest waves surrender,
a slow unfolding of time’s intent.

Mulberry leaves spin in soft descent.
Sunflowers, once proud,
bow their sun-dried heads.

Chestnuts, in their prickly casing,
and pumpkins dot the fields—
each an autumn testament.

Cèpes rise above the soil,
...

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A New Brocante Stand in Town
2026-11-12 11:00 UTC by Corey

In Marseille adding it to the list of places to go with my groups.

French country style.

We Remember
2026-11-11 11:00 UTC by Corey

They left their youth for the hope of something they didn’t understand but believed 

Their names are carved in stone,

-their bodies and blood fed our fields.

The wind carries the memories farther on.

Children from the town walk towards the memorial, just as others once did-

not knowing what lies ahead.

We read the names of long...

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When You Enjoy Antiquing Your Home Might Look Stuffed
2026-11-10 11:00 UTC by Corey

Butt, of course!


 

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