• The Portuguese Festa

    The Portuguese Festa (fes-tah) is about food, have you ever been to a Festa? Today in a small town called, Princeton in California, there is a Portuguese Festa. It takes…

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  • I Spy with my Little Eye

                           I must confess that I enjoy spying on Molly (my five year old niece) as she spies on Chelsea and her boyfriend Mr. Espresso. I have found her spying…

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  • Sweet Surrender

                                             Sweet surrender. I didn’t know that I was holding on. I didn’t know. Until French Husband reached out and held me. Then I knew what I didn’t know…

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  • Homecoming

                 More about the homecoming tomorrow.. Today is about red lipstck, listening to Chelsea's stories about the last four months in university, and of course checking out Mr. Espresso. The…

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  • The Aroma of France

                             Molly my five year old niece went with me today to the grocery store. While driving  there she told me she could smell France. I thought to myself that…

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  • Playing at the Edge

                           Building blocks. Kate stacks them one at a time, slowly, precisely and yet she plays with them right at the edge of the table. Watching her play I see myself… with…

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  •                        The jewels of daily life (the rubies, pearls and diamonds) are the day to day simple moments… The ordinary is extraordinary.  

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  • Cinderella’s Slipper

                            Someday soon her Prince will come, and the first thing she is going to do after kicking off her slippers is to give him a big sloppy kiss right…

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  • The Trail to Happiness

                            The boy who dreams the entire year long for summertime in Willows is happily living his dream. Yesterday he turned sixteen and his Cousin Curtis and Uncle Zane gave him…

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