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America
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07.21.06Life keeps on goingWe have decided to move back to America. I don't know if I will be able to post during the next few months until we have completed the move due to not having assess to a computer. I am not happy to be leaving France. France has become my second home. The problem is that I am not able to attend classes to learn the language at a high enough level to get a high paying job. Also, France is still behind as far as work laws regarding discrimination. During the one interview I had since moving to France I was ...
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07.20.06Everyone knows that communication is important in any relationship…Can someone, please, explain this fact to the idiot currently in the Oval Office? While in Strasbourg recently, I took this photo. The words around George Bush, Jr's head read, "USA disconnecting people."
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07.05.06Happy 4th of July!!!Photo taken in Colmar, France 2006 Yesterday was the 4th of July which I do miss celebrating in the States. We look forward to going to Strasbourg on the 14th of July for the French national holiday celebration. During the fireworks in Strasbourg, I always think of America and how every year I went to see the fireworks on the 4th. I changed my header a short time back to the Statue of Liberty green. Why? Well, you are on the right path if you are thinking about the gift of the real Statue of Liberty to America from France (which our ...
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05.29.06Daddy’s girlThe wind blew cool on my warm face as I sat looking out the car window with a still mind simply enjoying the suns caresses deep inside my being. Unexpectantly, tears fell swift and sharp just as I glimsped a stranger. A man standing on the side of the road waiting to cross the street. Something about him pulled my father's image up out of my memory and his face was before mine clear as reality. I could almost hear his chuckle and see his soft, sea blue eyes above his friendly smile. As the ...
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05.29.06Sex differences in culturesThe other day, I wrote a post showing a more "private" side of my personality. A side that my husband sees and really no one else. We love to tease, flirt and play with words all the time. It's great fun. Plus, it keeps the sparks alive. Don't worry I'm not going to go porno here (boy, I should get some interesting hits from that one). If you were offended or felt uncomfortable, I'm sorry. It won't be something I will be doing again. There was a purpose in what I was doing for this ...
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05.25.06Dreaming of a world with less ignorance and more toleranceI have asked questions all my life. I was never satisfied with a simple answer. I didn't want just the details. Details were just small pieces of information that may or may not connect. I wanted and want to see the whole picture. Something I learned early was that people talk about other people as if they aren't even people. Something some of you may know about me by now is that I'm sensitive. If I see someone yelling or hear raw words of hate, it upsets me deeply. I can't just look ...
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05.22.06Those Brits...need to look inside their own closets (fashionable items will not be found)! A recent poll of 6000 British by travellers' website Where Are You Now (WAYN) said that the "French were the most unfriendly nation of people on the planet" and the "United States was named the most unstylish with the worst food." I have to admit I wasn't surprised by the French comments because that's just normal due to over a hundred years of war between two countries. However, the comments about the US did surprise me. Why? Firstly, I don't recall anyone ever saying Americans dressed badly before. Actually, ...
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05.20.06Oldies but goodiesI am one of those people that still like to listen to the oldies station back in the States. I listen to almost any kind of music, but the oldies are upbeat and easy to sing (badly) along with. Besides, who would turn the radio station when the King is on? As a kid, I would run into the living room to kiss the tv as soon as I heard his velvet voice. I was only four but that didn't matter. I was going to grow up and marry Elvis. I was sure of it. I can ...
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05.18.06Dreaming of freedomThe first time I heard Dr. Martin Luther King's voice I was moved. His voice shook my very being. His "I have a dream" speech touched me and shaped my life into that of a dreamer. I felt his strength and belief in a dream that one day the world would be free of hate. Because of him I began to see that the world doesn't have to be the way it is. I saw that by having the bravery to stand against the reality was the only way for change to take place. Each time that I ...
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05.11.06Boiling overI was looking on Amazon for French products. After typing in France and clicking the search button this sticker was on the first page. My gut started burning with anger. I can't believe that Amazon would sell such a sticker. Why not just have a sticker that says, "Give France back to the Nazi Reich." Have we forgot what the Nazi Reich did? Is it of no matter that today such a sticker is sold on one of the biggest websites in the world? It made me sick to see ...
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