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Weekly Top Posts: 2025-06-15
2025-06-15 04:00 UTC

  1. The Little Boat that Changed the Current
  2. An Unexpected Outing
  3. Saint Omer Blue Pitchers
  4. Food, Brocante, Friends, Beauty
  5. The Unexpected Visit

Grandson and Son, Pretend Warriors
2025-06-14 11:00 UTC by Corey

An old broomstick and a bamboo stick. Pretend to be warriors on a very hot day. No clashing, no poking, some running, mostly poses. Soon, the little one will be six.

SIX!

Time is easily measured when there is a little person in one’s life.

Sacha flew in for work. But, the very next day it was cancelled. At least he’s...

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Hello, World Leaders
2025-06-13 11:00 UTC by Corey

Love one another. That simple truth carries more weight than a thousand opinions- powerful because it’s honest. I am not pretending to have answers. But I refuse to turn my heart to stone.


I’m not looking away.
I see what’s happening—everywhere, to so many.
And it horrifies me.

Not because I know what to do.
Not because I have...

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The Tiny Dancer Twirls
2025-06-12 11:00 UTC by Corey

I want to believe that it’s something in our memory flow- my mother loved to dance, I love to dance, Chelsea too, and now my granddaughter-

She has twirled more than every ballerina in the world- yeah, I exaggerate, but, isn’t that what storytellers do?

This flutter, the little hands, like a glorious butterfly.

The energy flows...

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Saint Omer, Blue Pitchers for Hard Cider
2025-06-11 11:00 UTC by Corey

Yesterday’s shared photo of the striking blue-and-white pitchers on my blog—the response was overwhelming! Many of you have asked: What are these? Where do they come from? Are they costly? The answer: these are beautiful examples of Saint-Omer pottery, a centuries-old ceramic tradition from northern France.

Saint-Omer, has been known for...

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The Unexpected Visit
2025-06-10 11:00 UTC by Corey

Oh what a day!
The French la Vie group was swept into a bit of unexpected magic…

We were invited—by the kindest antique dealer I’ve known from my many brocante wanderings—into his home. Not just his shop (which, by the way, is invitation only), but into his actual home. A 1600s country house tucked away...

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The Little Boat that Changed the Current
2025-06-09 11:00 UTC by Corey


 

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