Once upon a time
Once upon a time, before the Internet or cell phones, a time when time took time to pass, two young girls who lived across an ocean from one another—one in France, the other in the USA, answered “yes” to a simple question. They didn’t know it, but they were about to connect and remain entwined […]
Laiderona
Once upon a time there was a naughty little witch named Laiderona. Rejected from her family for mysterious reasons, this little witch felt so ugly that she couldn’t stand the sight of other little girls. This made her angry. She had decided that to take revenge for their beauty, she would choose a little girl […]
A winter day at the farm
Winter is here, notices Jean, beret pulled over his ears. He watches is fields. White as far as the eye can see. It snowed all night and the snow is holding. He doesn’t like this season; he much prefers the spring or summer when he can work outside. It’s hard but at least you can […]
Breakfast at the farm
We are in 1940 It is five thirty in the morning. The night is still deep but the day is already beginning for Eugenie. No time to stretch. Hard this morning though; the vigil around the fire had dragged on but the wool is finally ready for the spinning wheel. Jean, her husband, has already gone […]
