Coreyamaro

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• Number 1: Old French Christmas Postcard

  

  Old French Postcard French script on back, dated 1907 Corey Amaro's Collection. For years I have been collecting without realizing that I was collecting French... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• French Gift Tags and The Christmas Storage Space

  

      I went to the shop with ever intention to buy Christmas wrapping, Oh how I am easily distracted when it comes to anything that resembles... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• Weekly Top Posts: 2014-12-07

  November 28, 2005, My First Blog Post, Nine Years and Counting A Splash of Color Back to my Home in France The Clock Strikes The History of Family Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• Saturday Art Saves: Dee Gann's Santa

  

    All photos from Dee Gann. Each Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• A Splash of Color

  

      A splash of color, A surprise, An unexpected touch of hello there, A moment's notice. A gift of light on stone, A seedling waiting for someone t... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• November 28, 2005, My First Blog Post, Nine Years and Counting

  

      (First photos on my blog: Blue Armoire door in my bedroom.)   The first blog post I ever wrote was back in 2005. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• Back to My Home in France

  

      The flight from California to France was uneventful. Which in fact means it went very well, safe and sound. Someone asked the other day in the... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The Long Hair Contest: Girls with Wreaths

  

    The last few years my five younger nieces and I have been in a long hair contest. The last three years my niece Maci has won. This year Gina, Maci and... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The History of Family

  

      The history of family started back before you or I were born, back before history was recorded, before ink and pen, somewhere amongst a... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The Clock Strikes

  

      The time has come to say goodbye. And to say hello. Aurevoir Willows home! Bonjour French home! Twenty two hours door to door. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• Home Base

  

        Home base. Feet firmly planted. I hit a home run. Rounded the bases, No need to slide, or steal.   Two teams. France and USA. Happ... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The Country Road

  

    Feet up against the dashboard, my brother drives, a trail blazing with dust grows behind us. A song rattles along with the shovels and beer cans in the... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The Sheperd Boy

  

    Behind my Mother's home there are rice fields, canals, a walnut orchard, black berry bushes, sheep, dirt roads, the Buttes, the Sacramento valley and... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The Heart of France

  

      A stalk of books  One is a French dictionary, another reads, "... The Heart of France." The are not read, nor opened... decoration... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• The Elegant Vegan

  

      My cousin inspired me to become a vegetarian, enter a monastery, live a life aware of beauty and fall in love with The Doors. She was my idol. M... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• Thanksgiving

  

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  Posted on 23 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• One Direction Or a Pink Fluffy Unicorn

  

    My nieces Kate and her big sister Gina. Kate is eight or nine years old, but she is five to me. I do not want her to be any older, ever. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• Weekly Top Posts: 2014-11-23

  Lunch with a Golden View Growing a Beard for Prostate Awareness? Hangin out in the Barn Long Hair Contest the Beginning of the Countdown A House in the Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• A Journey Far and Wide

  

      Northern California during autumn, golden valley, harvested fields, open spaces, geese in flight. Country roads leading near and far. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE

• A House in the Wood

  

            Driving up and yonder into the Mendocino mountains with my brother Zane. For several days I have been down and out with ... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, EXPAT, LIFESTYLE