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Worth Celebrating!

Worth Celebrating!

When I moved to France last year, I smoothly transitioned into my new, ready-made French family.  It didn’t replace my own family back in the USA,  but it made for a soft landing here in this new land.  As with most family units, at the centre of the new family was the matriarch, Kate Hill.  All others were spokes from her wheel hub: her sister, Steph, who was my primary source of info on all things french, my translator, my negotiator; Elaine, an…

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Mom Thoughts

Mom Thoughts

Patti, Mom and Me 8:25 AM, October 8th, 1964, my mother’s birthday- her 40th, now that I do the math. I’m sitting in Mr. Dortweiler’s English class when I realize, with a shock that produces a bit of a yelp from me, I left for school without saying Happy Birthday to Mom.  The yelp, of course, disrupted his lecture on Macbeth, and Mr. D. asked for an explanation.  I guess he felt my reason was a good one because he…

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