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Yes, we’ve uprooted our life and yes, we might be completely crazy! Here it is – the beautiful and the ugly of our family’s journey.

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This week’s French phrase: Les coquelicots

Paying homage to their Americanized name, these little beauties are popping up everywhere as summer arrives.  Otherwise known as common poppies, les coquelicots appear on the sides of the road, dotted along hiking trails, and as seas of red as you drive through Provence.  

Click here to see previous French phrases: Des petit cours de français


MES HISTOIRES HEBDOMADAIRES


  • Harmonie

    Harmonie

    I am told that there is a waterfall at the end of this trail in Vescagne.  Although I am slowly…

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  • Abeille ouvrière

    Abeille ouvrière

    The hive out our window doesn’t cease with activity.  Morning and night the loyal workers come and go – emerging…

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  • Qui es-tu?

    Qui es-tu?

    Cool air cuts me deeply as I stand exposed.  Dark clouds preview the crack of lightning likely to glisten not…

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  • Merci monsieur

    Merci monsieur

    As he approached the bench where we were sitting, I could tell instantly that there was something wrong.  He walked…

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  • Il suffit d’une institutrice incroyable

    Il suffit d’une institutrice incroyable

    Today I witnessed such grace that it made me weep.  Most days I would pass this moment by – there…

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  • Je me souviendrai

    Je me souviendrai

    Will I remember that today I am a few minutes late for pick-up at my son’s school.  Will I remember…

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