Monthly Archives: September 2011

Stories From France: Castle Story, Part II

Like Part I, this is from my unpublished memoir, IN THE VINES, and took place around 5 years ago. Enjoy!

"My" castle

Fabienne called back the next day to confirm that she had secured a negligible raise in my pay. I accepted. Even if she hadn’t succeeded, READ MORE…

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Stories from France: Castle Story Part I

The following is from my unpublished memoir IN THE VINES, and this story happened about 5 years ago. I’ll give you some today and more tomorrow!

My potential place of employment

I was living in the middle of nowhere. I had just closed down my 19th-century paintings business. And I had a four-month old baby at home. What kind of job could I find speaking a French that was passable but definitely not professional? READ MORE…

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An example of my French when I moved here

Since I’m going to tell you some stories about when I first moved to the French countryside, I need you to understand how basic (read…BAD) my French was when I got here. This is taken directly from my blog 5 years ago: READ MORE…

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Wisdom Teeth

In honor of Josephine Angelini, who had her wisdom teeth out yesterday, I thought I’d share my own wisdom teeth story, in hopes that I’d get some stories back from you. (I’m in bed with a cold, so am in sore need of entertainment. We’ll do a trade: I try to entertain you if you entertain me back.) READ MORE…

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Amy Plum’s Daily Devoirs: The Superpower Dev

While you were eating breakfast this morning, a man in a suit walked through your front door and, before disappearing in a puff of smoke, informed you that you had just been granted the superpower you always wanted. You’re going to use your superpower for good, of course, but before that you want to have a little fun with it to test its limits. What do you do?

What’s a Dev? Find out here!

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