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    <title>Maria's Blog</title>
    <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:12:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2008-10-13T08:12:07Z</dc:date>
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      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1833111/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2817777163/" title="Country harvest by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2817777163_8525846b5e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Country harvest" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:43:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1833111/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-09-07T08:43:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Dancing in the Forest</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1816344/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2669024978/" title="Dancing in the Forest by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2669024978_d52e894c91_o.jpg" width="334" height="472" alt="Dancing in the Forest" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1816344/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-07-14T20:10:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ready, set, go</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1793951/</link>
      <description>It's been absolutely beautiful lately in these parts and for some time a canoeing trip has been in order.  After gathering up lifevests, anti-mosquito lemongrass spray, sunblock, and water jugs (all things we don't regularly use), tomorrow will be spent together in the company of J&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;my, our invit&amp;eacute;, on our state's main river, La Juine.  We're going to Etampes, a medium-sized town in the south, and then coming back upstream again.  It's a rather lazy river, fitting since we'll be in this lazy boat:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2481515820/" title="Beau cleaning out the boat by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2481515820_50a7182fd7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Beau cleaning out the boat" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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C&amp;eacute;dric's grandpa built it around the time paid vacation was granted to French workers.  His family has used it ever since on the Juine, which runs behind both of our houses, as well as on the ocean and on several lakes.  &lt;br /&gt;
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We have a couple obstacles to face, although the weather will be perfect.  For one, there's a &lt;a href="http://www.hotels-europe.com/france/menu-france/residence_le_moulin_de_vaux.htm"&gt;mill&lt;/a&gt; halfway through to our destination at Auvers Saint Georges, which will require us to lift the boat out of the water and carry it to the other side of the mill.  Secondly, there are two river patrol officers that we may have to clear.  Normally this shouldn't be a problem, since we'll all be wearing our life jackets, but the boat isn't licensed (I've been told there's no need for a boating license around here) and, having grown up on the banks of the Ohio, I just feel weird being in a boat without a little metal plate with the year on it attached to the side.  All of the other boaters I've noticed don't have licenses (at least not visibly), so I imagine we're not in breach of the law.  &lt;br /&gt;
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I'm excited, worried, and adventurous, but most of all I'm ready.  Donc soyez pr&amp;eacute;venus, demain La Juine est &amp;agrave; nous !</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1793951/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-10T21:12:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Gluten-free in Paris</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1787578/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2437196232/" title="Gluten-Free Three Cheese Cake by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2437196232_c564b437b9.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Gluten-Free Three Cheese Cake" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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One of my latest obsessions other than planning for our upcoming backpacking trip in County Carlow, where my ancestors come from, is hunting down the best gluten-free grub to be had in Paris.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Amateurs will content themselves with the gluten-free &lt;a href="http://www.naturalia.fr/bio-dietetique_sans-gluten_7_333.htm"&gt;croissants and turnovers&lt;/a&gt; at Naturalia, but for those of us who have been there a few times too many, may I suggest &lt;a href="http://www.natureetcompagnie.fr/"&gt;Nature et Compagnie&lt;/a&gt;, a new start-up based in Brittany whose goal is to provide gluten-free gourmet fare for all celiacs.  Their product line is scattered around several Paris &lt;a href="http://www.natureetcompagnie.fr/?points_de_vente"&gt;locations&lt;/a&gt; , but if you get lucky, you might find a delicious three-cheese cake at your local &lt;i&gt;&amp;eacute;picerie&lt;/i&gt; like I just did!</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:54:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1787578/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-23T18:54:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Neige et golf</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1785308/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2420902793/" title="Il a neig&amp;eacute; ! by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2420902793_312d9f9909.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Il a neig&amp;eacute; !" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Avril est le mois des anniversaires, de l'anniversaire de ma chatonne qui aura un an le 21, et de notre anniversaire de mariage le 28.  Mai, pour tous les fran&amp;ccedil;ais, est le mois des "ponts" avec trois jours f&amp;eacute;ri&amp;eacute;s en plus.  Et juin, c'est mon mois, le 15 &amp;eacute;tant mon anniversaire et le 21... la f&amp;ecirc;te du d&amp;eacute;but de ma troisi&amp;egrave;me ann&amp;eacute;e en France.&lt;br /&gt;
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Quand on est &amp;eacute;tranger ici, c'est quelquechose qu'on nous demande souvent : Cela fait combien de temps que vous &amp;ecirc;tes en France?  ( J'ai l'impression que &amp;ccedil;a fait une vie enti&amp;egrave;re. )  Et cette question est parfois suivie par une autre, la r&amp;eacute;ponse moins facile : Et vous pensez rester combien de temps?  Je suis persuad&amp;eacute;e que personne ne sait vraiment, sauf les &amp;eacute;tudiants en programme d'&amp;eacute;change ou les touristes avec leur billets aller-retour.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mais quant &amp;agrave; nous, les expatri&amp;eacute;s, et puis-je me permettre, les immigr&amp;eacute;s, nous sommes coinc&amp;eacute;s entre nos cultures et langues d'origine et celles qu'on ma&amp;icirc;trise maintenant.  Et au bout d'un moment j'ai l'impression qu'on se retrouve &amp;agrave; une impasse de v&amp;eacute;rit&amp;eacute; o&amp;ugrave; on se rend compte qu'on ne peut r&amp;eacute;element pas tout avoir et il faudra prioriser.&lt;br /&gt;
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Moi-m&amp;ecirc;me maintenant &amp;agrave; la fin de cette deuxi&amp;egrave;me ann&amp;eacute;e, je r&amp;eacute;flechis sur le parcours de combattant au niveau de l'identit&amp;eacute; et de l'int&amp;eacute;gration que j'ai v&amp;eacute;cu -- souvent c'&amp;eacute;tait difficile, plein de larmes et de tristesse, mais de plus en plus les choses s'&amp;eacute;claircissent et on s'ouvre les yeux au fait qu'on est chanceux d'&amp;ecirc;tre ici ( et non pas juste parce qu'on sait combien on y mange bien ! ).&lt;br /&gt;
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Disons, pourtant, que nos coeurs sont pleins de troux de nos vies d'autrefois.  Dans une capitale aussi grande que Paris on peut souvent tenter de boucher les troux en regardant un film en VO &amp;agrave; MK2 &amp;agrave; Biblioth&amp;egrave;que Fran&amp;ccedil;ois Mitt&amp;eacute;rand ou en lisant un livre qu'on aurait emprunt&amp;eacute; de la Biblioth&amp;egrave;que Am&amp;eacute;ricaine de Paris ( faut que je m'abonne, d'ailleurs ! ).  Mais quand on vient du Midwest comme moi-m&amp;ecirc;me, on n'est vraiment pas &amp;agrave; la conqu&amp;ecirc;te de la culture quand on parle de notre mal du pays.  Il s'agit plut&amp;ocirc;t de la nature, voir les champs de ma&amp;iuml;s ( pour le moment, ils ne sont pas encore OGM ici, mais &amp;ccedil;a va venir..) et m&amp;ecirc;me... la neige.&lt;br /&gt;
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L'autre matin je me suis l&amp;egrave;v&amp;eacute;e pour me pr&amp;eacute;parer pour la journ&amp;eacute;e quand j'ai vu cette neige fine sur les buissons des voisins...et soudainement j'&amp;eacute;tais en Indiana, regardant le vent former les collines de neige dans le jardin.&lt;br /&gt;
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Et encore l'autre jour j'&amp;eacute;tais au bureau quand je me suis retourn&amp;eacute;e pour savourer le beau soleil de printemps ( tellement rare de nos jours &amp;agrave; Paris ! ) quand je me suis soudainement retrouv&amp;eacute;e sur un des dizaines terrains de golf que je fr&amp;eacute;quentais pendant mon adolescence am&amp;eacute;ricaine.  Heursement, j'ai d&amp;eacute;couvert qu'il y a un "practice" ( a driving range ) juste &amp;agrave; c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute; de mon bureau et c'est r&amp;eacute;lativement ouvert au grand public et peu cher (contrairement &amp;agrave;, disons, le golf de Saint-Cloud).  Mais que tout le monde sache que je n'appellerai jamais un "driver" un bois ! &lt;br /&gt;
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( Heursement qu'un sand wedge reste un sand wedge, car j'en aurai, apr&amp;egrave;s deux ans sans golf, tr&amp;egrave;s besoin. )</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1785308/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-17T19:33:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>épicerie, 21h</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1757988/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2249350840/" title="&amp;eacute;picerie, 21h by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/2249350840_f9385c59be.jpg" width="500" height="462" alt="&amp;eacute;picerie, 21h" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I saw you lying there&lt;br /&gt;
Enrobed in chestnut fuzz&lt;br /&gt;
Alone on a yellow plateau,&lt;br /&gt;
So I poked you, &lt;br /&gt;
Felt your soft belly,&lt;br /&gt;
And brought you along&lt;br /&gt;
For dessert.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:55:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1757988/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-02-07T19:55:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Croyances</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1757998/</link>
      <description>I believe in silence,&lt;br /&gt;
In the silence of truth in the train,&lt;br /&gt;
In listening to the problems of others,&lt;br /&gt;
The diurnal pettiness;&lt;br /&gt;
I believe we live in a post-democratic era,&lt;br /&gt;
That the ways of the soul&lt;br /&gt;
Are beyond politics;&lt;br /&gt;
I believe in multiculturalism, multilinguism,&lt;br /&gt;
In the ghettos skirting the city,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;chaud&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;chaud&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;chaud&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
I believe in blessed perspective,&lt;br /&gt;
In transcending the human condition&lt;br /&gt;
Aggravated by capitalism&lt;br /&gt;
And talk of "personal responsibility"&lt;br /&gt;
As if we had any control at all.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1757998/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-02-07T20:10:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>To be ten again</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1750329/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2208297091/" title="Barbara, C&amp;eacute;dric's cousin, 10 years old by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2208297091_e26fd59fbf.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="Barbara, C&amp;eacute;dric's cousin, 10 years old" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1750329/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-01-21T09:15:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Maîtresse in training</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1750037/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2205491203/" title="Compost by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2205491203_bc7dfaedde.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Compost" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:37:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1750037/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-01-20T14:37:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>pensée</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1747427/</link>
      <description>It was never more apparent than it was that evening, the train skating along the steel slivers across the abandoned fields of failure.  A decision is never made, but reached, and this only after much mulling, after shrinking the imminent monster into nothing more than an ant, to be ground under the heel.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="109" width="570" src="http://www.antville.org/static/MariaAnn/images/swirl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1747427/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-01-14T21:40:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>All in a winter's weekend</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1736746/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2115357708/" title="cranberry-stuffed flapjacks and syrup by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2115357708_8113bc2d66.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="cranberry-stuffed flapjacks and syrup" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2114579331/" title="Things I can't live without N&amp;deg;12: Sea salt by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/2114579331_390bc779be.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Things I can't live without N&amp;deg;12: Sea salt" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2114579037/" title="Mushrooms &amp;agrave; la cr&amp;egrave;me (vegan) by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/2114579037_2a1d98bd8f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Mushrooms &amp;agrave; la cr&amp;egrave;me (vegan)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2115359320/" title="leeks, onions, and garlic, pre-soup by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/2115359320_821a2aa5cb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="leeks, onions, and garlic, pre-soup" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2115360810/" title="Warm winter lunch by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2041/2115360810_621fa05a09.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Warm winter lunch" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2114580231/" title="&amp;eacute;charpe in progress by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2073/2114580231_ce24c34573.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="&amp;eacute;charpe in progress" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2114622331/" title="Baby, it's cold outside! by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/2114622331_242fe98c4c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Baby, it's cold outside!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:42:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1736746/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-12-16T15:42:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>For the soul</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1733189/</link>
      <description>You need some chicken soup, she told me&lt;br /&gt;
Too bad I can't make you some, ship you some&lt;br /&gt;
I don't eat chicken, I thought&lt;br /&gt;
No chicken for the vegan!&lt;br /&gt;
And yet I know that it is medicine, &lt;br /&gt;
That no being died in its making, &lt;br /&gt;
And that I am still there sitting&lt;br /&gt;
In front of Teletubbies&lt;br /&gt;
Slurping broth.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:58:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1733189/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-12-08T14:58:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Paris en hiver</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1726285/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2062081102/" title="BHV - Mon grand magasin pr&amp;eacute;f&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute; by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2062081102_43116d6e22.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="BHV - Mon grand magasin pr&amp;eacute;f&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2061292325/" title="Bon, je vais sourire un peu... by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/2061292325_e9a5fcedc2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Bon, je vais sourire un peu..." /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2061291679/" title="Notre Dame by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2061291679_efb6661884.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Notre Dame" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2061291385/" title="Grand arbre de no&amp;euml;l &amp;agrave; kilom&amp;egrave;tre z&amp;eacute;ro by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2126/2061291385_67754e6360.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Grand arbre de no&amp;euml;l &amp;agrave; kilom&amp;egrave;tre z&amp;eacute;ro" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1726285/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-11-25T15:41:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Sept mois</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1723398/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/2046597072/" title="Alert by mariaboismain, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2046597072_5799e0f5c8.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Alert" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1723398/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-11-19T19:19:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Songe dans la Nuit</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1721818/</link>
      <description>N'est-ce que moi &amp;agrave; cette heure qui pense dans la lumi&amp;egrave;re&lt;br /&gt;
Qui rend flou les fronti&amp;egrave;res, les barri&amp;egrave;res, &lt;br /&gt;
Qui rend chacun partie de tout?&lt;br /&gt;
Je n'&amp;eacute;cris: je pense, j'entends, mon mari &amp;agrave; c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
Et mon chat au-dessus;&lt;br /&gt;
Et ce dont ils r&amp;ecirc;vent est aussi r&amp;eacute;el &lt;br /&gt;
Que ce sanctuaire nocturne &lt;br /&gt;
Qui me force &amp;agrave; penser au chagrin du destin.&lt;br /&gt;
Si je pourrais, je serais contente de cette routine&lt;br /&gt;
Mais n'y a-t-il rien de me d&amp;eacute;barrasser de cette libert&amp;eacute; &lt;br /&gt;
Qu'engendre la nuit?&lt;br /&gt;
Avec mon grand feutre noir, je n'ai pas peur:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;Ccedil;a doit &amp;ecirc;tre le silence qui parle; &lt;br /&gt;
Le silence qu'il est bavard!&lt;br /&gt;
Mais qu'est-ce que tu dis?  Que tout est vrai?&lt;br /&gt;
Tes mots sont trop bruts pour mon &amp;acirc;me.&lt;br /&gt;
Et qu'est-ce que cette lumi&amp;egrave;re qui t'&amp;eacute;claire?&lt;br /&gt;
Moi je pars &amp;agrave; l'Au-del&amp;agrave; sans rep&amp;egrave;res,&lt;br /&gt;
Sans aucune id&amp;eacute;e qu'est-ce que j'y trouverai.&lt;br /&gt;
L&amp;agrave;-haut on ne peut pas rire de l'importance&lt;br /&gt;
Des ces &amp;ecirc;tres malheureux qui passent leur vie&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;Agrave; s'occuper, &amp;agrave; s'encadrer.&lt;br /&gt;
Moi je pars &amp;agrave; l'Au-del&amp;agrave;, et ces yeux piquants &lt;br /&gt;
Que je crois voir dans le coin, et ces cr&amp;eacute;atures &lt;br /&gt;
Qui vont me mordre les pieds, &lt;br /&gt;
Ne seront peut-&amp;ecirc;tre pas assez &lt;br /&gt;
Pour m'emp&amp;ecirc;cher d'y parvenir.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1721818/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-11-16T07:41:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Les précieuses</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1713815/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1810470640/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/1810470640_c0762b654e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Ma pr&amp;eacute;cieuse" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1809623725/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/1809623725_de28d0f315.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Le dos de pr&amp;eacute;cieuse" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1809622519/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/1809622519_1943ba5e39.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="bisous sur son oeil" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1810464372/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2294/1810464372_a2bc2ca606.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="les filles de C&amp;eacute;dric" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1809620725/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/1809620725_e9005ad498.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="petite fille et son doudou" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:21:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1713815/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-31T11:21:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>English as understood by my Frenchie</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1712159/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1779230114/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/1779230114_a34c1909ef.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Qu'est-ce qu'un &amp;quot;fruitball&amp;quot;?" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:48:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1712159/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-27T19:48:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>fascinée</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1701739/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1497516363/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/1497516363_aec88840c2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Monday morning" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We are supposed to fall into classes, personalities, extremes, niches,&lt;br /&gt;
Am I, for example, a woman, a wife, a student, or a daughter?&lt;br /&gt;
A perfectionist, a procrastinator, or possibly both?&lt;br /&gt;
Plut&amp;ocirc;t &amp;agrave; droite ou plut&amp;ocirc;t &amp;agrave; gauche?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To all these questions I simply reply&lt;br /&gt;
That on sleepy Monday mornings I watch the fog come in&lt;br /&gt;
After a long, warm shower, and slowly melt away with the sun&lt;br /&gt;
And in the evenings the train transports me through the ghettos,&lt;br /&gt;
And around me sway entire cities of illuminated Chinese lanterns,&lt;br /&gt;
Almost collapsing with the breeze.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But permeating through us, great waves of humanity,&lt;br /&gt;
Gliding along rhythmically in this sea,&lt;br /&gt;
Far from the land of mutual exclusivity,&lt;br /&gt;
And I am far too mesmerized to choose.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:38:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1701739/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-06T21:38:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Belle</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1694649/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1419275164/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/1419275164_7f862c09bb.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Belle, d&amp;eacute;prim&amp;eacute;e sur la s&amp;egrave;che-linge" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:36:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1694649/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-21T19:36:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>La communauté américaine à Paris</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1678516/</link>
      <description>Cet &lt;a href="http://madame.lefigaro.fr/loisirs-et-voyages/enquetes/121-quart-d-heure-americain-a-paris"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; vient de para&amp;icirc;tre dans Le Fig, plein de bonnes adresses pour ceux qui ont un go&amp;ucirc;t pour la cuisine am&amp;eacute;ricaine et des endroits fr&amp;eacute;quent&amp;eacute;s par la communaut&amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
J'aurais trouv&amp;eacute; &amp;ccedil;a utile l'&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; dernier (mais pas du tout aussi utile que mon plan des toilettes publiques dans la ville), pourtant il faut dire que maintenant je me sens tout &amp;agrave; fait int&amp;eacute;gr&amp;eacute;e et je n'ai pas besoin de boire du jus de chaussette le matin.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ca n'emp&amp;ecirc;che pas qu'on pourrait, &amp;agrave; partir de la rentr&amp;eacute;e, me retrouver &amp;eacute;coutant (et probablement chantant) les &lt;a href="www.klezmatics.com"&gt;Klezmatics&lt;/a&gt; dans les alentours de la Catho.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1678516/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-08-21T05:50:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Quel week-end!</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1671629/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1018752793/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/1018752793_a730764f90.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="je suis admise au DALF!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1018753457/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1189/1018753457_8b16e29df1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Reading Littel at Parc de la T&amp;ecirc;te d'Or" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1018901863/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1219/1018901863_b47ee65612.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Entre franco-am&amp;eacute;ricains, on se comprend" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1018901621/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/1018901621_561556a2f2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Sunday kisses" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:45:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1671629/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-08-05T17:45:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kéév Hatokhen</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1669532/</link>
      <description>Cela fait longtemps que je cherche &amp;agrave; renommer ce blog avec un titre qui r&amp;eacute;fl&amp;eacute;chit les differents aspects de cette vie que je m&amp;egrave;ne.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Et voil&amp;agrave;, ce soir en rentrant du travail, mes yeux fatigu&amp;eacute;s de la concentration d'extr&amp;egrave;me richesse des alentours de la place Bellecour, j'ai d&amp;eacute;cid&amp;eacute; de m'&amp;eacute;vader en traversant la cour du Mus&amp;eacute;e des Beaux-Arts plut&amp;ocirc;t que rester sur le trottoir comme d'habitude.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Et c'&amp;eacute;tait l&amp;agrave; dans cet univers idyllique des Beaux-Arts, le bruit doux de la fontaine, les sombres visages des sculptures pensives, la pelouse parfaitement verte, que j'ai v&amp;eacute;cu l'oeuvre d'art de Dror Endeweld, artiste d'origine israelienne qui vit &amp;agrave; Lyon, entitul&amp;eacute; "Pain of Content" d'un c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute; de la cour, en lettres n&amp;eacute;on rouge brillant, et "k&amp;eacute;&amp;eacute;v hatokhen" d'un autre.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Le juxtaposition des deux langues, l'une r&amp;eacute;pandue et l'autre non, est interessant, mais plus profondement voici la raison pourquoi on s'exprime: &amp;ecirc;tre content se suffit pas, et cette malaise de bonheur doit prendre forme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Je suis tomb&amp;eacute;e dans le vent fou qui anime les Terreaux, qui verse de l'eau des milles fontaines partout, qui fait parler les clochards, qui fait tourner les brumisateurs si essentielles pendant ce temps.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Demain, je me suis promise, je prendrai l'essence de cet oeuvre en photo, et ce soir, je renommerai mon blog "K&amp;eacute;&amp;eacute;v Hatokhen."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/1004146401/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1404/1004146401_8248e6fdfe.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="K&amp;eacute;ev Hatochen" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:32:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1669532/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-07-31T19:32:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>my little girl at two months</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1657817/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/690938961/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1147/690938961_a43bd3c58a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Bracha and monsieur mouse, II" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/690939035/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1024/690939035_8a38b9ae8f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Bracha, relaxing in her bed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/690938917/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/690938917_a6ab405c82.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Bracha and monsieur mouse" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1657817/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-07-08T08:09:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Cité Internationale de Lyon</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1647582/</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/560577688/" title="Partage de photos"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/560577688_e52035f415.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Cit&amp;eacute; Internationale de Lyon" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1647582/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-06-17T17:58:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Meet Bracha</title>
      <link>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1641018/</link>
      <description>&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=203613" quality="best" scale="exactfit" width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;	

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&lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/clip:203613"&gt;Bracha after breakfast&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user:127753"&gt;maria_noland&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:54:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://MariaAnn.antville.org/stories/1641018/</guid>
      <dc:creator>MariaAnn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-06-03T13:54:45Z</dc:date>
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