Category Archives: FRANCE

Upside down summer

Posted on September 9, 2014 by The Daily Cure

Summer in France was long and wet and cold. I hardly blogged at all. There was work and there were “issues” to deal with and there was that infernal, driving, relentless rain. Closed up in our house, I felt closed up in … Continue reading →

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A river runs through me

Posted on August 1, 2014 by The Daily Cure

Once upon a time, August 2010 to be fairly precise, I started a blog. I named it “The Daily {French-Italian} Cure.” The French-Italian part was stuck in there because I didn’t want this to be a generic archive of things I … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE | Tagged France, La Cure, rivers, the cure | 21 Comments

Cherries and cold cherry soup

Posted on July 4, 2014 by The Daily Cure

Forty-eight hours in France and there was something I was craving pretty badly. Cherries from this region—l’Yonne. We’ve got wonderful cherries in Italy (Vignola, Ferrovia, Durone etc.), but nothing—I’m not sure why—quite compares to these almost black beauties that are … Continue reading →

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Color story #13: The blue of blue

Posted on March 6, 2014 by The Daily Cure

(Yes, Linda! Spring, blessedly, is coming!) “The other day, my daughter asked me what my favorite color was, and I irritated her the way I sometimes do by answering this question with one of my own: “To look at, or … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE | Tagged Blue, joy, spring, winter | 6 Comments

Of walking, webs, halos and sticks

Posted on December 31, 2013 by The Daily Cure

Dear You and You and You and You and You… Today has been a day full of the oddest, end-of-the-year joy. Just happiness like that: Boom. As if a massive house-cleaning took place and suddenly it all feels sort of … Continue reading →

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Come fly with me

Posted on September 19, 2013 by The Daily Cure

When I started this blog, I included a category called “Transitions.” The idea was to write every time we went back and forth between Italy and France. The passage through the Alps is always stunning and serves, really and metaphorically, … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE, ITALY, TRANSITIONS | Tagged Alps, dreams, eagle, flying | 10 Comments

Color Story #12: Brown is the new black

Posted on August 14, 2013 by The Daily Cure

Well, I don’t know about you, but for us it’s been “one of those summers.” Long, beautiful, hot, (at times) stormy and punctuated by curveballs. There’s been a lot to take care of, tend to, fix, arrange…a lot of emotions … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE | Tagged brown, Burgundy, dog, fields, France, sunflowers | 11 Comments

Lying fallow

Posted on August 2, 2013 by The Daily Cure

I love old words. Or words you just hear in a certain context. Here’s one: Fallow. Isn’t that a pretty word? Walking behind our house when we got here, I realized that the field which is almost always planted in … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, FRANCE | Tagged dolce far niente, fallow field, France, poppies | 4 Comments

Once upon a time a plum tree

Posted on August 1, 2013 by The Daily Cure

Once upon a time there was a plum tree. She was old. No one knew exactly how many rings she had, and she wasn’t telling. She watched a family grow—one generation following the next. She watched grandchildren come and cultures … Continue reading →

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Color Story #8 : The Colors of Wet

Posted on January 1, 2013 by The Daily Cure

It’s been raining here in Burgundy. And raining and raining. Presque sans cesse. But I have finally learned—all those years in Oregon helped—that when a day looks too “ugly” to venture out into, it is exactly time to do just … Continue reading →

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