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Desiderata Poem in French and English: Lifechanging Words

Our 16-year-old set out, yesterday, on a 24-hr voyage. Alone, she flew from Nice to London, then London to Dallas, and on to Denver. Unsure of what to say to my daughter before she left, I slipped the following poem into her travel bag. Photo taken at the Vieux Port in Marseilles, on break from her internship at a couturier's. "D E S I D … Continue reading Desiderata Poem in French and English: Lifechanging Words

Kristin EspinasseJune 20, 2014130 Comments

Little Calamities

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I didn't have the chance to run this by Mom and get her permission to post her photo… so I'm taking advantage of the fact that her computer is broken. She can kill me later (for the fabricated "rain dance" caption) when her laptop is repaired and she catches up on all the missed editions of French Word-A-Day. I know she misses the stories–and especially … Continue reading une mare