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  This morning I was on my way to my daughter’s house, a bag of still-warm croissants in hand. You who’ve read my blog for a while know this about me: I have a phobia of dogs. No reason, no backstory—it just is. Always has been. Just the sight of a dog has been enough to send a chill through me. I’ve turned around mid-walk, declined visits,... Read the whole entry... »
Small gestures do have an impact, don’t they? I must remind myself daily that they do, that the small kindnesses are powerful tools for change. 
Unexpectedly, Sacha was in France on his birthday. So we had a little party. Before you ask me- Yann had previously planned to visit his mother in Normandy that is why he is not in the photos. 
 Lately,
 2025-06-18 11:00 UTC by Corey
 what are we doing. where are we going.
and why. god.
why. 
 In Provence, there’s a way to keep fruit long after the picking days have passed. It isn’t a recipe so much as a rhythm—They call it fruits au soleil—fruit preserved by the sun. You begin in the morning, when the orchard is still cool. The fruit should be ripe. No bruises. Apricots, cherries, plums, peaches—all the small stone... Read the whole entry... »
Last week, during the French la Vie,
we were invited—unexpectedly—
by an antique dealer I’d met years ago. His 1600s farmhouse.
The kind of place you remember with your senses.
Stone underfoot, time in the walls.
A drink in the garden—why not. I wrote of his home the other day,
but here’s the garden:
a little... Read the whole entry... »
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