March 2007
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how to contact Jessica!
Ok this is a test…..if there is anyone out there besides my Mom reading this blog- I invite you to stop being shy, get off your butts and get involved- write me a note, ask me a question, tell me… Continue reading
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doing laundry in the sub-Alps
Yesterday afternoon I made my first visit to a Laverie. So far, since I’ve been in France (74 days already!), I’ve done all my laundry by hand. Thankfully there was another customer there who showed me how the system works,… Continue reading
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olfactory development
Here I sit eating the most robust salad imaginable. Today is Saturday and with the slow arrival of Spring, the market up in the Place Aux Aires is starting to look more like a market in the south of France… Continue reading
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Fete des Violettes
Today is Sunday, and I am sitting at my new pine table that I set up this morning. It is lightly perfumed with the oil that I treated it with- organic local olive oil blended with high altitude lavender (also… Continue reading
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delivering to a medieval city
The complications of setting up in France, hopefully, as of this morning, are over! Two days ago, with the help of school-mates, we got the fridge home, barely, begrudgingly (sometimes people say yes and mean no). Then yesterday, the delivery… Continue reading
A Perfumed Pilgrimage 