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When I first read your post today I wanted to laugh espresso through my nose , cry, hug you, giggle, remember, cry. Isn't that the most wonderful time in life and when it can carry over and remain, ready when beckoned. I can only imagine that thought on the beach.
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Hi Elaine,
Promise me the next time you are in France you will come give me that hug!
x Corey
How I met my French Husband: Our First Date
When you are falling in love with someone the whole wide world goes Technicolor. Everything seems electrified, your feet literally do not the ground. Yes when one is falling in love nothing remains the same. The daily routine, the bad hair days, and even your split ends become a cornucopia ...
Corey, this trip when I returned to America I felt odd hearing so many people speaking English. I'd worked on my French for the last year and some days didn't have to any English to be understood, just a strange face, motion and a few words. I had been trying so hard to make my mind think of the French word as an object that when I heard the English word I confused myself. Can't imagine what you must have felt like back then when hardly anyone spoke English though.
French Words.... in the beginning I spoke few
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Why did you wait until I returned to America to do this? I would have been soooooo much help to you. Want to wait til the spring?
Cleaning Out my Closet
Yesterday I did something I have wanted to do for a very long time. I sorted through my closet, taking out everything I haven't worn in over a year... Regardless if I liked it or not. Then looking at each piece I asked myself one question: Why haven't I worn this in a year? If the answer was be...
Corey, fabulous photos. I met a couple from Prague this month while visiting in Apt. It was a very tedious conversation with lots of hand gestures and crazy faces. Puffed out cheeks, silly smiles and crazy eye movements but we had a delicious time trying to talk. Absolutely delicious!
A Million Views of Prague
Photos of Prague by Corey Amaro Last summer French Husband and I visited Prague.... this morning as I was waking up I realized I had been dreaming of Prague, the images flickered passed as dreamland gave way to this world. My dream reminded me that Prague had been a place I wanted to visi...
I remember that fountain! Your town is great.
Photos of a Small French Town in Provence
My town. Can I say that, even if I was not born here? What makes a town yours? Is it by the roots that sprout forward as you water them with your steps? My street, where I live.... The remains of a bakery sign, the center of the town has moved in the last fifty years, the center use to b...
Corey, I think you will be here in America while I am in France. Hope you have a great time in Houston and at Willows!
Are you going to Marburger Fair and other questions?
What did Amy-Doll have in those 13 boxes and does she have a shop? The photos today show a fraction of the sort of French antiques that Amy-Doll collects: Ribbons, linens, charming postcards, music sheets, pharmacy boxes, spools of linen thread, bottles, medals, antique puzzles, military b...
After two weeks in Willows, he must look and sound like a California guy by now. He does have the most perfect English/American I have ever heard!
Sacha's Homecoming
After nearly two summer months in Willows, Sacha is coming home.
FH and I have much in common. I always take paper goods to homes when there are going to be lots of guests. It's so not chic to run out of "necessary" paper. Bravo, Yann!
Waking up to the Houseful of People and Knowing it is going to be a Hot Day
The first thing French Husband said to me in bed this morning was not, "Good Morning", nor "I love you," nor "Hello Beautiful", not even "You are my sunshine, darling!" No, no, no the very first words out of his mouth were: "Corey, do we have enough toilet paper for the day?" His expression of l...
I am not sunburned or roasting in the heat but I do feel as if you've taken us with you each turn and twist of the way. You are so good at sharing stories and photos. Thank you.
Former Yugoslavia a place in the Heart
Photos of Croatia and text by Corey Amaro Mid August is Europe's exodus to the sea side. The freeways are jammed packed with overloaded cars, with miles and miles of determine faces hoping to find a place to surrender under the sun. We joined the exodus at the Italy/Croatia border, one of the...
Thank you for taking us with you!
Heading towards Croatia
We arrived in Ljubljana, very late in the day after traveling along the back roads of Hungry to Slovenia. Riding along the Balaton Lake was delightful, reminiscent of my childhood trips to Elk Creek. The Balaton Lake is dotted for miles and miles with small family bungalows at the lake's edge...
Corey, I know what you mean. It has happened to me a few times in my life but the mixture of joy and tears is unexplainable. I am grateful for your teacher who gave this gift to you.
Taking a Bath in Budapest: Gellert Bath House
Ever since I was 12 years old I remember with fondness my seventh grade teacher Mrs. Taylor. She taught history and geography with a passion not short of a spectacular theatrical show. Mrs. Taylor brought each country alive, by her travel memories, costumes, photographs, sample...
The buildings all do look like cakes and we'd like a slice please.
Looks like you're having too much fun.
Prague day Six
After miles and miles of driving by farmland (of corn, wheat, and plowed fields with toiled manure,) on a straight shot, two lane highway, which was loaded with cars, going slower than molasses on a very hot day: We arrived in Prague. Prague... where every facade is like a wedding...
Austria is so ... One of my friends is from Austria and here temporarily, well, until he retires and goes back home. Each year he makes the most fabulous Austrian Christmas cookies! To be there as you are would be fabulous and fattening.
You two are something else!
Day Four: Austria
Where are we: Austria Day Three: Admont, outside of Salzburg, at a fellow reader of Tongue in Cheek Liselotte's Home. Distance: Trafoi Italy to Admont Austria, 350 miles Riding time: Nine hours. Four pit stops to fill up with gas and use the WC. Weather: Dollops of clouds on every mountain, (...
Being practical, I would take:
2 pair jeans
2 pair Smartwool socks
2 pair undies
2 t shirts
2 long sleeve shirts (I turn into one big freckle)
sunscreen and eyeware
boots (NOT FRENCH STILETTO BOOTS)
lipstick
1 wind breaking, warmer than all get out jacket
an old Mercedes first aid kit, they even had morphine just in case
2003 BMW R 1150 GS & eeePC = A Good Time
The small stack of clothes piles up against the list of things I hope to take on our trip to Prague. I use the words "I" and "hope" loosely. Because "I" doesn't included, my other half, Mr. French Husband, who thinks hopping on the bike with a toothbrush and cash in his pocket is all we need....
Still laughing!
Going to Prague... with a truck load of warm clothes tagging along
We bought a map of Prague and another of Europe last night at the grocery store. Then we rushed home, like teenagers home alone on a weekend and spread it out on the bed. Prague is Praha, the last "ha" is silent in French. We looked at routes, cities, traced different paths on the map with ou...
I'm laughing my a$$ off here. Actually, I can see you and Yann riding off in the rain nekkid as they say in the south. LOL. Oh, I needed to laugh today. Thank you.
Traveling to the Castle's Steps though French Husband Thinks Normandy
That man of mine, that French Husband, the one who hopes to ride across America one day on a motorcycle, bought a motorcycle in France. He bought a larger, more comfortable one then the little-mean-machine that we have. (The photo is of an old motorcycle that I saw years ago at a flea market...
Dearest Corey, you have because you give, you are loved because you love. Washing dishes is a form of meditation and soul searching.
The Depth of Feeling while Washing the Dinner Dishes
Last night as I was washing the dishes after dinner, I looked out the kitchen window and saw Sacha talking to French Husband. They were doing that male bonding boy thing, talking about bikes, how fast they could go, and his new helmet. Sacha's face like the full moon was a glow in the pink,...
Corey, thank you for always sharing so much! I am homesick for a place I've only visited and never lived but absolutely love. Perhaps one day.
A Little Bit of Everything
I am terrible at writing back, and I feel guilty because of it most of the time. If I did write everyone back, the computer would become my best friend, lover, child, housework, food, sleep, and new way of living reality-- and I do not want that to happen. Every now and then when the question...
Ooooooh, Corey, what a fabulous evening affair (in several senses of the word)! Love the pillows on the lawn. You and Yann looked divine.
Can't wait for the next installment.
The Secret Garden Fashion in France
Photos and Text by Corey Amaro Driving along the striking blue, coastline of Marseille, my focus was distracted. It wasn't the sunsetting, nor the liquid blue that stole my thoughts, no I was distracted by the invitation in my hand. I peered inland, knowing that the party we were going ...
What time is dinner?
Oh Boy!! The Kitchen sink arrived!!!
I had planned to post about the Party we went to last night, but that took a back burner-- The KITCHEN sink arrived, and the workers are back at it, they plan to finish our kitchen today.... Oh Boy! The counter, black granite, came today as well. The kitchen is cooking with activity, it feel...
Corey, my grandmother said the same to me that Annie said to you. When she left, I didn't cry for her but for my loss. I cried because I still had much to learn from her. At 90 she had seen so much and knew things that I could only dream of knowing. I pray that Annie will be with you for many, many years to come.
How to do the Quickstep and be ready for Tomorrow
Text by Corey Amaro Holding a large box of cherries, I knocked on Annie's door, then walked in. When I saw Annie I knew something was wrong, her usual happy-go-lucky face was not what greeted me. Annie said she felt dizzy and that her heart was racing. She was out of breath. I stood in shock for...
Everyone has beautiful advice for you but as a grandmother, I have perhaps a slightly different view. Loving is part of everything we do. Never for one moment believe that there is only "one love" for you in this life. At each stage of our lives, there is a different love for us. The day also will come when you know that loving yourself is the most important thing you can do for you. I have been with Marshall for over 35 years and have never entered into a physical affair with another man but there have been hours or days, weeks or months during those years when I would fall in love with someone else.
Give yourself permission to move on and love, often!
Food for Thought: How to survive a broken Heart?
In the last few months I have had several readers ask me more or less the same question. This morning I received another email with the similar question... "My boyfriend recently broke up with me... How do you get over someone? How do you heal from a broken heart?" Since many of you (me incl...
Corey, LaMadone is like no other place on earth as you know. My 10 days there were the first true holiday I have had in many years and one of the only places I actually felt like myself again. J-Bernard and Nathalie are the loveliest of people and fit nicely into almost any niche in your heart. They made us feel at home, happy, welcome and very special. On the day that I had to leave, my heart broke as tears came pouring from my eyes. It was if it had become a new home to me. A day, a week, a lifetime...that's what LaMadone is to me.
Must a really bring macaroons? I'm much better at lavender shortbread.
La Madone, The Newest Holiday Apartment Rental
Photographs and text by Corey Amaro The first time I met Natalie, the owner of La Madone, was at the flea market in Marseille. We both were setting up small stands opposite each other. Natalie, came over, stood in front of my stand and stomped her foot, three times. Then said, "Jealous, I a...
Corey, I am happy that this time life was very generous to you.
French Husband Scare of the Day
French Husband went flying today. While having lunch at an airport, a small plane took off, then the strong wind caught under its wing, flipping it over, and sending it to the ground. FH ran to the scene, turned the ignition off before it could explode. The passenger amazingly wasn't hurt, thoug...
Happy Birthday, dear Annie!!!!!!
Today is a Wonderful Day
Today is a wonderful day. Ninety years ago my friend Anastasia, better known as Annie was born. A few weeks ago I told Annie that I would have her over for dinner, but as our kitchen remodel was delayed and started several weeks late, the dinner I had hoped for, cannot take place in a bare kitch...
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