tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48819932936474621792024-02-02T01:53:07.129-05:00EMILIE JOHNSONEmiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1669125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-76885153161793469762019-05-20T17:13:00.001-04:002019-05-21T03:06:05.803-04:00Portugal <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq38NpRUHAygGfDlGVZbdhmrWi2nTJrJFeI2_ukYR8y5d91LVV16m_5D7H7L2P4C5fIycqQ47dyC4RFozZK_DRFDpyvi0c_kHwKHPfCWKr0M5TPqgjeD7jr_WPzNIQ3T4aUqanGLsBEf8l/s1600/Portugal+-+1+%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq38NpRUHAygGfDlGVZbdhmrWi2nTJrJFeI2_ukYR8y5d91LVV16m_5D7H7L2P4C5fIycqQ47dyC4RFozZK_DRFDpyvi0c_kHwKHPfCWKr0M5TPqgjeD7jr_WPzNIQ3T4aUqanGLsBEf8l/s640/Portugal+-+1+%25284%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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French schools have a brilliant vacation schedule; it boils down to 6 weeks on, 2 weeks off. Those 2-week periods (in October, December, February, April) are lucky chances to rove the continent with the girls. We like to randomly choose new places. Portugal was our choice this round and we wanted to go to the southern coast for its beaches. <br />
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We pulled out a map and pointed to the southwestern-most tip of the country and chose Sagres as our home base. Such a fortunate accident. We liked everything we visited, but some parts of the southern coast of Portugal are too built-up. Sagres is wild. Hardly built at all. Almost like surfer shacks and an ice cream and pizza joint. Very charming. Since Sagres is both ocean and gulf-facing, the beaches on every side of the town feel like different dominions. Sharp, steep cliffs and rough water on one side and glassy, turquoise sea on the other. End of April, but tranquil early summer air. <br />
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Xavier got stuck in New York early in the week and it meant that I was on my own to travel with the girls to Portugal and he would meet us there. At first, I will admit, I was slightly daunted. Romy is pretty manageable at this point, but she's conserved her wild side, which, when stored, can come out strong. After our initial flight to Lisbon, we still had a three-hour drive to get to Sagres. It was a straight shot and turned out to be a lot of fun and Romy behaved. At some point we crossed an enormous bridge. Marguerite said to the girls, "Look up! This bridge is incredible!" Colette responded, "Yes, but is it secure?!" <br />
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Praia do Beliche, Sagres<br />
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Praia da Mareta, Sagres<br />
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Praia do Martinhal, Sagres<br />
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Marguerite and Colette decided to erect 100 sandcastle towers. They kept on and got there.<br />
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We also visited more renowned sections of the Algarve. Further east from Sagres sits Lagos and its beach, Praia Dona Ana. Honestly, it was magnificent, but it is an example of what happens when an incredible stretch of nature gets overrun by people and concrete. Right along the water remained spotless and the girls jumped endlessly in the waves. <br />
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The streets and alleys of Lagos smelled of wonder. I watched the girls together, a little band of ladies, running everywhere, free. <br />
Moments where we are sort of mashed together in time and place grant a level of affinity that everyday life can hampers. We caught little reflections and all smiled together as we listened. <br />
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Colette: <br />
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“Which is longer, day or night?”<br />
"I love my hands. They are just the right size.”<br />
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and Romy:<br />
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"Is Tuesday vendredi" <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEslBfPLeHiys9LwX3HYApKOA5V7_HlU2OM1m2e7VCtT0SEKm_-7v_BaJFNThJBpOOoIYzrRjvy_dX67zdFC98WIC2Wh2hEed3delHuLLbiEhGJ3raPmXU7eglmSu3duIDldgiivRiOpC/s1600/Portugal+-+1+%252831%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEslBfPLeHiys9LwX3HYApKOA5V7_HlU2OM1m2e7VCtT0SEKm_-7v_BaJFNThJBpOOoIYzrRjvy_dX67zdFC98WIC2Wh2hEed3delHuLLbiEhGJ3raPmXU7eglmSu3duIDldgiivRiOpC/s640/Portugal+-+1+%252831%2529.jpg" width="427" /></a>Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-18506934716575274292019-04-30T15:10:00.000-04:002019-04-30T15:45:42.169-04:00French school chronicles: CP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivobxAKmTepqWti3rs5haQt5XANHhl_JEv2a700IZajTuZZsiW4flrCdPt7zQFpPlHIIL7F1SFX6rlHJEOW_RcTm0P90G3NuqOpKcUIThDaikY_Sdkd1U6FG9ZoXNVtBOvipSLd-UYoZDE/s1600/Colette+-+1+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivobxAKmTepqWti3rs5haQt5XANHhl_JEv2a700IZajTuZZsiW4flrCdPt7zQFpPlHIIL7F1SFX6rlHJEOW_RcTm0P90G3NuqOpKcUIThDaikY_Sdkd1U6FG9ZoXNVtBOvipSLd-UYoZDE/s640/Colette+-+1+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" height="640" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="1280" /></a><br />
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Colette is in “CP” this year. CP is the first year of primary school (after the three years of Maternelle, pre-school) in France. There is a lot of buildup. Romy talks about CP with a far away look in her eyes and asks with wonder and disbelief if one day it will be her sitting in those desks. CP is the year school becomes academic in France and kids come home with real homework: dictation, reading lessons and math. Colette is a natural, a very focused student. It is funny to think three years ago I was so anxious about how school would go for her here. <br />
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In preparation for the new school/big step up, all the parents meet with the school director. We dutifully signed up for an appointment. The day of, Xavier was late and so I dove right in. In these precise moments, I have the feeling that there are certain social codes that I just don’t know. Until the moment he did walk in (ten minutes later), there was tension hanging in the air that his entrance essentially swallowed up. I am perfectly fluent in French, but I sometimes get the impression that my questions aren’t the right ones. There is also a funny dynamic - a complicity I lack that flows naturally between a native French parent and a member of the French system like this person…an understanding that they have the same frame of reference. <br />
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In any case, before Xavier walked in I asked a few questions. For example, “What are the primary differences between Maternelle and CP?” Her response was idiotic from my point of view. “The main difference is that at drop-off parents must leave their child at the gate of the school, unlike in Maternelle, and you must say goodbye then and there.” OK, got it. I tried to steer the conversation and asked about the curriculum. She looked at me with a furrowed brow. Surely I understood that CP was primarily focused on reading and language. Right, of course. I asked her if there were other international families or English speakers at the school. She looked at me a bit exasperated and said this is not an international school. If I was looking for that, I should go elsewhere. I insisted that indeed we were not looking for that, that we had come to this village so that our girls would integrate into French life, not to foster their English. She nodded begrudgingly. I breathed in uneasily. She kept a stern look. It was awkward.<br />
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Xavier burst into the room. He just has social grease I may never find in France (and every time we go back to the United States I realize I have in abundance). <br />
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“Bonjour, please forgive my tardiness. Work…you know how it goes, but look at your desk and all these binders, obviously your work is endless. My goodness, what a job this is.” <br />
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I watched with disbelief as she puffed up with pride; he was scratching her itchy ego in all the right places. He continued the charm offensive launching straight into quite a story about his own intimidating director at primary school who would confiscate his contraband - harmonicas, marbles and magazines - all forbidden. At the end of his final year of primary school, the stern, mustached director called him into his office. Little Xavier’s ears burned as he sat nervously on the edge of the chair facing the director. The director went to his closet and ceremoniously pulled out a big metal box, which was divided into compartments. One of the compartments had Xavier’s name on it and the director slowly plucked out his treasures, and displayed them item by item on the desk in front of Xavier. Not a word. Xavier recounted how his eyes filled with delight, but how he forced himself to stay absolutely silent, his hands also muted in his lap. The director told Xavier to pick up his things and then wished him luck in his years ahead. <br />
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(Nervous that the director might find Xavier’s tale a bit long, I glanced over at her to see she was completely caught up in the story). <br />
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“Now, I’ll bet you have a box like that somewhere in this office,” he joked. Madame director chuckled and said, “Well, that is my secret.” The rest of the meeting was an exchange of stories about primary school and how Macron and other politicians perceive education. She even warmed to me a bit in the end because of my wise choice in coupling.<br />
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We walked out and I asked Xavier why he hadn’t focused on the more daily issues of school and what we should expect for Colette. He said I had it all backwards. “First you have to seduce (<i>as the French say, “win-over”</i>) the director, the teacher, whoever it is you are facing. Then you ask questions like that. Plus, all of that is boring. I already knew all the answers to those questions.” (He is French, after all, he teased). Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-65224532432231147092019-04-29T15:30:00.000-04:002019-04-30T15:48:08.729-04:00April Iris<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhfMbMixnD-4toudY3MMKkbtoqCTpfS458kMP0A8LwC1nCigqwwBLJYPitcAsZnIrAPjy5ypl7PcsYtPvgegYbVqBLiEsfdYPEyyvLavVFBQ7j_Gi63kq-lNhrdKOvt9f2mVYZ3zN0WPO/s1600/April+Iris+-+1+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhfMbMixnD-4toudY3MMKkbtoqCTpfS458kMP0A8LwC1nCigqwwBLJYPitcAsZnIrAPjy5ypl7PcsYtPvgegYbVqBLiEsfdYPEyyvLavVFBQ7j_Gi63kq-lNhrdKOvt9f2mVYZ3zN0WPO/s640/April+Iris+-+1+%25281%2529.jpg" width="554" height="640" data-original-width="1107" data-original-height="1280" /></a><br />
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In April, the landscape in Provence becomes a series of Van Gogh paintings. The light divine - <i>irisé</i> (an adjective in French).Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-87696851957819633572019-04-28T09:06:00.000-04:002019-04-30T15:36:30.761-04:00A pause I haven’t written or shared photographs here for a long while. We experienced a loss last year that changed us all. I’ve felt inspiration differently since then. The need or desire to share what I create essentially dissipated, or has, at least, shifted. I began writing and sharing photos here for many reasons. One of the most meaningful to me was that our girls would have a series of touchpoints to their past, to what we live today and what we work hard to sow for their future selves. That is essentially what this will be going forward. Maybe changing this to a private site would make sense, but I have enjoyed connections I've made here. It feels like hard work to reflect right now, while living these moments still gives me satisfaction and joy. But I don’t want there to be a hole in what has otherwise been a faithful account of their spreading wings. So I want to continue and even fill in some of the gaps from the last 6 months, even if the loss of someone so dear renders the entire palette of our world less vibrant. <a href="https://emiliejohnson.blogspot.com/search/label/%5E">Marie</a> was my biggest fan here and always encouraged my more creative pursuits. So, continuing on here is for her as well. Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-28376063996820937832018-12-29T14:23:00.000-05:002019-04-30T15:20:30.901-04:00December light<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xBW7aRndUPtNJnJMwG5OkPeE7d9GI8PgsyNGc9Ssl78lbYH6XZLjUNP-naAM0KeXgI5v0L5DCERPlx3KvsHEpA1vyidILtKx8dxD1dq0C60NWW9fH4rZCt_OENyh1H4Fvjvmr1PYtztW/s1600/Romy+field+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xBW7aRndUPtNJnJMwG5OkPeE7d9GI8PgsyNGc9Ssl78lbYH6XZLjUNP-naAM0KeXgI5v0L5DCERPlx3KvsHEpA1vyidILtKx8dxD1dq0C60NWW9fH4rZCt_OENyh1H4Fvjvmr1PYtztW/s640/Romy+field+-+1.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="853" /></a>Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-21592796302194262542018-12-20T13:03:00.000-05:002019-04-30T14:47:11.498-04:00Sheep baa-ing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGjwcWIDr1WaHYq3Y_ccSWtemj7Py_8EG5xtaDT9SZIlg88h9GUZBBeG5eyAwG0kQ1-AMnUrrvRQTN_vFXXqYaEeQLcuuk3WQQhzOu7oAKer-_C_Ni8DvCwlIXSC4cSHLDlPEyPdTuX2e/s1600/Marguerite+Colette+Romy+Sheep++-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1279" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGjwcWIDr1WaHYq3Y_ccSWtemj7Py_8EG5xtaDT9SZIlg88h9GUZBBeG5eyAwG0kQ1-AMnUrrvRQTN_vFXXqYaEeQLcuuk3WQQhzOu7oAKer-_C_Ni8DvCwlIXSC4cSHLDlPEyPdTuX2e/s640/Marguerite+Colette+Romy+Sheep++-+1.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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On a December day, just before Christmas, we heard a tinkling of baa-s. A chorus. The girls and I ran to follow the carol and found a whole field behind our house transformed...by a flock of sheep. They were so beautiful, wearing their thick wool coats, not yet shorn. Tiny lambs clumsily loped around, close behind their mothers' tails. Colette was just terrified. Marguerite bright and fascinated, watched them. Romy basically joined the flock. They would scatter as she tried to get right in the middle, a bit jumpy by her overly friendly ways. <br />
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Here they are, soaking up the November sun on the Côte Bleue at our favorite sandy beach: la Plage de Sainte-Croix. Surfers out in the water and glowing warm sand. <br />
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We have giants who live in our yard. Soaring cypress tress in a succession; their proportions make us swoon while hanging laundry or lying in the grass. They need a hair cut every few years. We were all thoroughly amused watching the process. Patrice, <i>jardinier extraordinaire</i> (whose very local accent gets the better of both Xavier and me), started at their base and groomed the bottom-half of each coniferous cone with a hand-held trimmer. That part of the job was a day's work, so when he left that evening they looked so funny; perfectly coiffed on bottom and wild tufts sprouting everywhere on their top halves. The next day he came with a crane to attack the rest. The trees tend to grow thick and bulbous if they aren't trimmed...and we so admire their sleek form. <br />
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On any random day of the year Romy pipes up and asks, "Is it Halloween tomorrow?" (eyes big and full of hope). The French in our village may not celebrate Halloween exactly as we did in NYC, pumpkins may not be quite as easy to get a hold of and trick or treating is redefined, but we carry on the tradition...and I am pretty sure Colette will be an eternal Egyptian.<br />
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A very good friend and I took a day to go on an October adventure along the coast. We headed to Bormes-les-Mimosas and started our odyssey at the Fort de Bregançon, the French President's Côte d’Azur retreat. The Sentier du Littoral (the shoreline trail), which runs along the entire coast of France, gets garbled here - purposefully we surmised, for Presidential security.<br />
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We had to make our way down a cliff, hanging on branches and sliding on our bums. Then we had some rock climbing and jumping into the water to make our way along the shore. <br />
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It was intense, so we stopped at a tiny pocket cove beach. We stripped and dove in for a good swim. The day was a mistral day, intense gusts creating white accents across the surface of the turquoise water, taking our breath away, especially as we swam out beyond the protection of the enclaves of the rocky coast. Soon we found ourselves drifting far. My friend wasn’t as keen on the rock climbing and scrambling we had been doing and we spotted a wide, sandy beach along the coast ahead. We agreed we could split and meet there. She would swim and I would grab our stuff and take the rocky shore passage. <br />
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The swim back was wild. I was being pulled by the current and I had to swim hard against it to make it back to our cove beach. With the wind I was gulping water and was actually a bit nervous by the effort (and I am a strong swimmer). In any case, my friend was helped by the current and made it relatively quickly to the beach far to the east.<br />
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I loved the scramble once back on land. Several times I had to pile everything on my back and on my head to jump into the water below, the cliffs were so steep above me.<br />
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We met back up and sat on a rocky cliff staring out over the sea to eat our lunch.<br />
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Bellies full, skin salty, hair wind-wild, we kept going. We ended at a beach just beneath the Domaine de la Reine-Jeanne. We were all alone in what felt like a wild fragment of the Côte d’Azur perfectly preserved (so rare on that coast). Just indigenous plant and sea life - dreamlike conservation of the natural biodiversity. It was a day to wish for. We were glazed by the beauty by the end. Good friendship in the context of perfect beauty.<br />
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One of my favorite things about Marguerite is her constant creativity. She is always in production mode, building and crafting, researching and devising, giving birth to all sorts of new creations. For Halloween she thought it appropriate to orchestrate a wedding between the two skeletons that were hanging around outside our house. Baskets full of costumes, hats, wigs - options for the big day materialized. Each girl carried more than her arms could handle, tumbling down the stairs in a rush to get the bride and groom ready. Wax rings, a veil and a marriage certificate, music from the Fisher Price record player, flowers and wedding attendees. All symphonized by Mademoiselle Marguerite, the great. She's convinced she wants to be an event planner one day...the possibilities are endless for this one. <br />
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Making it officialEmiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-68927117742976143162018-10-25T13:52:00.000-04:002018-11-13T14:06:19.632-05:00Sausset-les-Pins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrAN1dzs4qoAK5E8NlCHapFxKj2RS_dDRqrpDwL26fzhmKLafK3Vxw5U4qNEU1hfgU2BWDUEcpiUmmDbhPXytCu1Y28zNAf4ZL2WLohMfZqOlvNIgb_pN5VS_rozM86alODYAqXon20xz/s1600/Sausset-les-Pins+-+1+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrAN1dzs4qoAK5E8NlCHapFxKj2RS_dDRqrpDwL26fzhmKLafK3Vxw5U4qNEU1hfgU2BWDUEcpiUmmDbhPXytCu1Y28zNAf4ZL2WLohMfZqOlvNIgb_pN5VS_rozM86alODYAqXon20xz/s640/Sausset-les-Pins+-+1+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Beautiful October evening in Sausset-les-Pins, all together, washed by flaxen light. We watched the sun and the lighthouse in the distance converge on the horizon. Romy hauled rocks she could hardly lift to the brim of the sea, stood there catching her breath before heaving them into the water to land only a few inches from her feet. Colette fastidiously built castle walls and moats. Marguerite flickered along the shore, her silhouette casting a shadow in the sun. Xavier and I toasted ourselves in their light. <br />
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I stepped into a work of art today: L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue’s storied floating market. Held the first Sunday of August, I had circled this day in red on my calendar months ago. I found a spot right along the bank of the Sorgue river and there they were, the market vendors floating on their wooden “<i>barques</i>” selling their goods. Olives, wine, tapenade, tarines, chèvre (with a goat aboard), eggs (with chickens aboard), fruits and vegetables - and such lovely children and faces. We were all in love with a few of the women - ruby red lips, braided hair, straw hats framing French elegance. Spectacular really.<br />
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Delighted to be featured on Cup of Jo today…an interview where we talked about parenting and our life here in Provence. Here is the link to the interview and photos: <a href="https://cupofjo.com/2018/07/parenting-in-france-provence/">Cup of Jo</a><br />
Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-70536831943477593532018-07-02T04:52:00.001-04:002018-07-02T04:56:39.721-04:00Valensole Lavender Fields <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-tTayp2OxMRmlzx0zTbtBvonKMB3GVLdgz4c2TGirgwScSV6-pA4YTjfsu3kPBqB709YTY_OvNecOEjCI-nZaRWf3iXEOSDCou_rZ0qONL1w4x_H62bjk2MIlypVy6AuhfgsOxEFdeFS/s1600/Lavender+-+1+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-tTayp2OxMRmlzx0zTbtBvonKMB3GVLdgz4c2TGirgwScSV6-pA4YTjfsu3kPBqB709YTY_OvNecOEjCI-nZaRWf3iXEOSDCou_rZ0qONL1w4x_H62bjk2MIlypVy6AuhfgsOxEFdeFS/s640/Lavender+-+1+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" height="427" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1067" /></a><br />
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The other evening we drove not an hour away to the lavender fields of the Valensole Plateau. They were completely ripe. We roved these rows feeling wonder, all senses rapt. The whir of bees buzzing set the tone, intoxicating air. Romy even got a sting we were so far in the lavender. <br />
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Provence poppies are as extraordinary as another other flower phenomenon - lavender, jasmine fields, roses. May is peak. Each year the peak fields change. It is all wild - just self seeded explosion of crimson. I stopped breathlessly near the rows of vineyards where the poppies had grown thick between each one. Stripes of green and red. <br />
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At the end of the day the fields swell with sensuality, velveteen waves. I stood in this one to watch the line of poppies in the distance swallow the sun. <br />
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Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-200823487780000752018-05-08T13:16:00.000-04:002018-05-08T13:15:49.137-04:00An adventure to Sardinia<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuKUFbr8QkT-_iTANdtrnUc5r7uJUtcXBFodwFhGsk5ZFdoJMr5BLX7xt9BXTgzHR7JamEeFDz6llfzPlyusSwDN2r7JesMxEc1_Vh2t5HqO4wBOSemGpXNdx9WoBHLxuIaoq4hPhpFfw/s1600/Boat+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuKUFbr8QkT-_iTANdtrnUc5r7uJUtcXBFodwFhGsk5ZFdoJMr5BLX7xt9BXTgzHR7JamEeFDz6llfzPlyusSwDN2r7JesMxEc1_Vh2t5HqO4wBOSemGpXNdx9WoBHLxuIaoq4hPhpFfw/s640/Boat+-+1.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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“I’m going to sleep on a boat!” Romy and Colette told everyone they could in the weeks leading up to Sardinia. Eyes wide, breathing deeply in anticipation. Hard to imagine such an occurrence. Then the day came and we all pulled up to the port in Toulon with a similar feeling of anticipation for our week in Sardinia. <br />
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We were looking for a new place, for beaches, time under the sun and the moon, a bit of wildness (even more than we have at home) and all of this all together. We drove our car onto the giant cruise liner that ferries people from the southern coast of France to Corsica and Sardinia. We chose the overnight option because the passage is 10 hours and at least some of that could be spent sleeping (fingers crossed). <br />
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Once aboard, we climbed up the narrow stairs and up and again each floor until we found the 7th floor of the boat, where our cabins were located. The girls burst into the room and began shrieking. Two bunk beds, ladders, a big window looking out onto the sea, small lights on each bed, a tiny bathroom with a shower. They couldn’t believe their luck. It was like a sleepover and one of the invitees was the boat itself. Paranoid that Romy would escape the cabin, walk through the halls looking for us, see door after door, floor after floor looking exactly the same, Xavier ended up sleeping in their cabin with one eye open the whole night. <br />
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We started our time in Sardinia in Alghero, on the northeastern side of the island. A charming old village with tame and beautiful beaches all within 15 kilometers. Our goal was to try a new beach every day. Spiaggia delle Bombarde. Spiaggia di Mugoni. The waters were clear and turquoise, just as we had imagined. We were very lucky and had perfect sun and 80 degrees (28 degrees celsius). Sandcastles and beach flowers, naked little girls feeling the thrill of sunny freedom, space, handstands, and for me - proper swims (at least 30 minutes each go in the water). Lunch on the beach wearing bare sandy feet and towels around our bathing suits. <br />
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At night we headed back to the apartment we were renting and when Romy was too restless for the space, I took her out into the streets where we walked and played <i>I spy</i>. I spy pink socks hanging on lines above the alleyway, I spy creeping jasmine up the gold-toned wall, I spy a granny sitting in her windowsill peeping out at us, I spy a stray cat ambling along the cobblestones, I spy the rainbow-tiled roof of a church, I spy dazzling light around the corner, I spy the sea. She would begin each round by saying, “I spy with my little pie” (her understanding of the game). I spy a summer child.<br />
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Mid-week we headed toward Bosa and went to a tiny little alcove along the shore called <i>Cala Managu</i>. It happened to be a national holiday and it was the only day when we found ourselves with many others at the beach. (Off-season was a great choice for Sardinia. I have the feeling that in July or August we would have had a very different trip). <br />
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In usual fashion, I asked Xavier if he could keep an eye on the girls and went exploring. I hobbled over spiky rocks and around the corner to find what felt like another planet. Green and pink limestone rock faces. Strange rock formations. The same turquoise water but up against new color. I turned another corner after exploring for a while and found another planet entirely. I felt so small. It was a wonderful feeling. <br />
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I came back and the girls had found a green-blue starfish and were building relics with shells and seaweed in the sand around it. They had a handful of conical shells in their hands and they suddenly came alive. They were inhabited. Crawly legs and claws emerged, antennae with eyeballs. Hermit crabs. Then the relics shifted from being dedicated to a mystical realm to being transformed into a habitat for these newfound friends.<br />
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We covered a lot of ground. We traversed the island to go from Alghero to Bosa to Santa Maria Navarrese, which was really off the beaten track. A few hours in the car. We stopped for gas and Xavier bought a pack of bubble gum. It was a brilliant move. An hour later, the three girls were still filling the car with laughter at each bubble blown and burst. The only trick was (and we weren’t aware of the situation until later), Romy kept dropping her giant gob of gum in between the seats. Marguerite would give her a stern look, but hand her another piece to keep the momentum going; she had giant bubbles to blow. We found the wad. Xavier wasn’t thrilled and then it was the end of the bubble gum magic. Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-89524824478750740572018-05-08T13:13:00.000-04:002018-05-09T17:13:18.152-04:00Gennargentu National Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9igw2fdQf7mX0QiNDCibBbQKEYuryl4mfG_VkN61-khFhpeW0IhvPIsHzPFwQxWiQlfGwVZgBkXCOqfOZNaQyiGRpTJruQg3-Qqiah7mepPe8jreu3ytvDW0dqpU22kbx6X9zJBk97bO/s1600/Cala+Day+-+13.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9igw2fdQf7mX0QiNDCibBbQKEYuryl4mfG_VkN61-khFhpeW0IhvPIsHzPFwQxWiQlfGwVZgBkXCOqfOZNaQyiGRpTJruQg3-Qqiah7mepPe8jreu3ytvDW0dqpU22kbx6X9zJBk97bO/s640/Cala+Day+-+13.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Our favorite day was when we rented our own little boat. Xavier was captain, with all the girls taking turns helping to steer. We had traversed the whole island to come to Santa Maria Navarrese and the Gennargentu National Park found along the sea cliffs to the north of the little village. <br />
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Out in the sea, the limestone cliffs loomed high above us and only made way for the occasional pristine beach or sandy patch along the way. There were caves too. Stalagmites dripping into the jewel-toned water. Just remarkable landscape. We pulled up to various little spots and had a picnic and built sandcastles and scampered along the shoreline rocks and tide pools and swam. <br />
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When it was Romy’s turn to captain the boat with her papa, she nestled in and turned the wheel this way and that. The waves hummed and bounced us all in a rhythmic refrain. I looked back and saw Romy’s little head bobbing up and down with them, her eyes slowly lowering as she “drove.” We all laughed and lay her down on the mattress at the front of the boat, where she slept for a full hour, head tossed and turned by the rocking of the boat. The whole time she had her hands around a piece of rope. Her lips lingered in the shape of the little whistle she had insisted keeping in her mouth from the minute she put on her left vest. Marguerite had told her seriously, “If you fall into the water, you just keep blowing on your whistle and someone will save you.” She grew very attached. At the end of the day, when we approached the little harbor, she looked at me with a bit of panic and said, “does this mean I have to give back the whistle?” <br />
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We found a small, local restaurant in Santa Maria Navarrese with traditional Sardinian dishes: Culurgiones and Malloreddus alla Campidanese and fresh octopus. The girls loved it. <br />
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We returned. On the second evening, Marguerite said, “I probably shouldn’t bring this up, but I really want to.” Thinking it was middle school angst or some topic she’d been mulling over I encouraged her and said, “Go ahead love, what are you thinking about?” <br />
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She paused and took a breath and said two words: <i>organ donation</i>. <br />
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Colette’s face crumbled and she began to cry immediately. Marguerite had a cloaked expression of delight and self-satisfaction, with just the right amount of surprise not to expose the true reason she had brought up the subject. It is a sore subject in our house. We’ve been over this at other dinners.<br />
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“They can’t just harvest my organs without my permission, can they mama? I mean the doctors, they have to know that I agree. I need to sign something.” Literally sobbing, wringing her hands, existentially moved. <br />
I replied, “No one is going to take your organs without your permission.” <br />
In a begging tone, “And if they do, then they go to prison right?” (her tone of voice was louder now).<br />
Xavier, who had been talking to Romy, tuned into the conversation and said, “No one is going to prison!” (with emphasis) <br />
Colette, “But MOM!”<br />
All so comical. <br />
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For her part, the whole trip, Romy had in her little hands a pink notebook. In it, she has lists. Small dot lists, line lists, R lists (the letter R over and over again), color lists. They are all little tributes to the roll call she experiences at school. “Faire l’appele.” At the beach, in the apartments, on the boat, anywhere we went Romy a<i> fait l’appele</i>. It went like this (all said in the voice of her maîtresse Anna):<br />
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“<i>Alors, je vais faire l’appel. Maman, Maman, dis bonjour. Papa, Papa ! Dis bonjour. Marguerite, Marguerite ! Colette, tu as crié, tu n’es pas gentille. Voilà - Colette tu es punie. Après Wendy - tu es sage. Là, tu peux t’assoir.</i>” <br />
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And on and on she would go. Endlessly. She never ran out of names and then when she did, she would loop back and around and we would be called again. Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.com0