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Feasts and Fables's avatar

What a wonderful, uplifting post. Your home sounds very special. There's a strong chance I will be checking the mileage from our corner of rural Vienne to your writer's retreat. Bravo. Love the declaration "je suis une écrivaine"

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Gregg's avatar

Je suis écrivaine . . .

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Kate Hill's avatar

Yes, so true. Happily I am not a French writer. So I leave my grammatical faux pas stand. Mais merci! Maintenant, je suis écrivaine.

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Kate Hill's avatar

No article is used referring to jobs (in a general context)

Examples:

Elle est laborantine.

but: Je connais la laborantine. → to talk about a specific person

C’est une bonne laborantine. → to talk about a particular quality

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Kitty Morse's avatar

.. et moi aussi je suis une écrivaine, mais je vis en Amerique! J'ecris des livres de cuisine en anglais, bien que je sois francophone. You home looks paradisiaque! Merci!

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KAT WALKER, Editor-in-Mischief's avatar

Girl you are not messing around with those sandwiches are you? Seriously good looking

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Kate Hill's avatar

I want to eat the garden between the crusts of a good French baguette 🥖!

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Linda Hoenigsberg's avatar

Kate...came over from Sarah's Office Party this morning. What a feast for the eyes! I loved every word, loved, loved, loved the photographs, pictured myself there, desired a writer's nook of my own. I subscribed and restacked. Thank you for giving my morning such a gift.

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Loved this post! The writing, the photos and the happy outcome of knowing.

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Kate Hill's avatar

Thank you Jeanine.

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Kate Harvey's avatar

It looks absolutely gorgeous! 💛

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Holly Starley's avatar

Kate! I love envisioning your writer’s retreat. I love your declaration and career change. And I love the way you talk about food. I remember the first time I learned you could eat nasturtiums--the delight of adding their color to a salad and then their flavor. ♥️

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Margot Mustich's avatar

Ah Camont. Our time there with you was so truly special. Yes, Camont is sun, earth, canal, flowers, vegetables, peace, and possibility, but most of all it is you, Kate. You have made it the beautiful and inspirational place it is. Still dreaming of coming back to shop, harvest, and cook with you again. Can’t wait to hear about your next project!

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