Category Archives: Provence

My New Definition of Retirement

It’s funny what a man will think about when he’s going to be a father again… at forty-eight. I was overjoyed and thrilled at the prospect of sharing the pleasures of parenthood with Kathy, whom I’d married just fourteen months … Continue reading

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Happiness (Bonheur) in Bonnieux

Our family has a love affair with Provence… to be more specific, a love affair with an area known as the Luberon and especially the small village of Bonnieux. We first visited Provence for a week in early June 2003. … Continue reading

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Bonnieux and the Crèches de Noël

We’re back in our much-loved village of Bonnieux to spend fifteen days before returning home to the USA for Christmas with our families. This is our third December in Provence and certainly not our last. Christmas is simpler here in … Continue reading

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