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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Tuesday Teaser -- Someone Else's Love Story
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An Accidental Blog: April 2015
An author and a newspaper man move to France
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An Accidental Blog: Saturday Snapshot -- France with Kids
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An Accidental Blog: First Chapter, Tuesday Teaser -- So Far Away
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Tuesday Teaser -- The Casual Vacancy
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Tuesday Teaser -- The Midwife's Tale
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An Accidental Blog: Three Musketeers - A brief clip
The whole family went to see The Three Musketeers yesterday since it was the final performance. Tucker brought along his girlfriend and Spen...
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An Accidental Blog: My Week Off
Today is the final day of the week that I snuck and took off work. Since I teach at two universities, their breaks rarely match up. One col...
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An Accidental Blog: Cycling in France
I needed to write another post to get rid of the complaining post below, so I thought I'd focus on France again as part of Paris in July, th...
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An Accidental Blog: April in Paris
No, we didn't take another trip to Paris, but I reminded Earl that last year at this time we were anxiously anticipating our trip to Paris. ...
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An Accidental Blog: Just Keep Swimming
This morning I didn't write from 5 to 7 a.m. That's because Grace and Tucker had to be at a swim meet at 6:15. Waking teenagers to swim at 5...
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An Accidental Blog: Busted Knees and Juice Fasts
Since January, as I entered menopause, one of the first symptoms that I noticed was weight gain. I've always been pear shaped, so I'd learne...
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An Accidental Blog: Nicknames in Cycling
This morning, the Tour de France ended with a sprint along the Champs Elysees. I love watching the racers in the streets, passing the Arc de...
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An Accidental Blog: French Forms
The morning was punctuated by rain on one side and high wind on the other, but the bridge, the river and the mountains persuaded me to go ...
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An Accidental Blog: Saturday Snapshot -- Babies
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- People Watching
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An Accidental Blog: First Chapter, Tuesday Teaser -- The Vanishers
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An Accidental Blog: Saturday Snapshot
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An Accidental Blog: Feathering My Empty Nest
Does anyone else find that the more time you have, the less you get done? Of course, I'm still working, and my Tuesday did consist of gradi...
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- French Rhapsody
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An Accidental Blog: Ignorance is Bliss
Yes, I know that the title is a cliche, but I've found that I wish I were ignorant about some things during this political season. Whether ...
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- Holidays
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- On the Water
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An Accidental Blog: Chickens
The rain was blowing almost sideways while I sat in the parking lot at the zoo waiting for Grace and her friend Eleanor. They came out the e...
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An Accidental Blog: Online Book Tour & Free on Kindle
So in between traveling and teaching and keeping strong relationships with my family, I haven't been very good at promoting my books. That'...
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An Accidental Blog: Important Things I learned at the Writing Conference
-- Never put your purse on the floor. -- There wasn't a gross reason for this like something crawled in it or got spilled on it, or even bec...
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An Accidental Blog: Jury Selection
I stood shoulder to shoulder with my right hand raised, repeating words as my mind raced with questions Wait a minute! This can't be happeni...
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An Accidental Blog: Book Review -- Abby's Journey
In the novel Abby's Journey by Steena Holmes, the author tells the story of Abby, a 20-year-old girl who has battled illness all of her lif...
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An Accidental Blog: France Dreams Coming True
I don't know how many times I've started this blog post, but it keeps drifting off. I think that happens with things that I'm emotional abou...
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Teaser Tuesday -- The Chocolate Kiss
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An Accidental Blog: Hangin' With the Teens
Since I have three teenagers of my own, I am well used to hanging out with teenagers, usually surly with high expectations, but sometimes su...
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An Accidental Blog: Tuesday Intros -- Hello From the Gillespies
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- Where Would You Live?
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An Accidental Blog: It's all French to me
"In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots underst...
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An Accidental Blog: Spring Break
My spring break from one job is coming to an end, but Grace's spring break begins today. I picked her up at 8:30 a.m., after a run with my ...
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An Accidental Blog: Anything Else You'd Like to Know About ...Me?
Another author interview today as I continue my week of online France Book Tours. Today you can see an interview on French Village Diaries. ...
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Teaser Tuesday -- The Consolations of the Forest
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An Accidental Blog: More Cat Stories
When Earl and I first decided to move to France, we, of course, needed to make sure our children were set up in homes of their own and safe....
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An Accidental Blog: First Chapter, Tuesday Teaser -- And Laughter Fell From the Sky
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An Accidental Blog: Missed Wedding and More Croissants
On Saturday, my plan was to drive the four hours to southern Kentucky for my aunt's wedding. My Aunt June, my father's sister, was marrying...
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- Magic in the Moonlight
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An Accidental Blog: Saturday Snapshot -- Lions of Munich
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An Accidental Blog: The Other Life -- A Review
I featured The Other Life by Ellen Meister last Tuesday for First Paragraph and Tuesday Teaser. I finished it this morning before the boys ...
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https://paulita-ponderings.blogspot.com/2010/09/crazy-conversations.html
An Accidental Blog: Crazy Conversations
Sometimes I can lure my boys into hanging around with us. Football Game Day is one of those. If I buy the right snacks -- their preference i...
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- France on a Sunny Day
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An Accidental Blog: I Love France Meme -- Rooftops
This week, I'm starting the I Love France meme that is sponsored by Words and Peace. I know this won't shock many of you who read my blog...
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Tuesday Teaser -- Someone Else's Love Story
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An Accidental Blog: First Chapter, Tuesday Teaser -- Imperfect Bliss
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An Accidental Blog: Boots Made For Walking -- in the snow
It's Ohio, which means we don't have a ton of snow. We don't live on the tundra. The snowfall has increased the past few years though and se...
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An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- Magic in the Moonlight
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Teaser Tuesday -- The Chocolate Kiss
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An Accidental Blog: No Regrets
Fifteen years ago, I remember driving down the road in Jackson, Michigan. I can still picture the expanse of concrete parking lot that led t...
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An Accidental Blog: First Paragraph, Tuesday Teaser -- Someone Else's Love Story
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