05/15/2026
“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts” Paul Ehrlich
If I’ve learned nothing else in France, I’ve learned that the French are masters at saving it all.
At the brocantes or vide greniers, we often come upon someone’s former sewing basket, workshop box, or kitchen drawer. One can almost reconstruct a life from the fragments: the hem that was going to be fixed, the empty music cards, the unwritten mourning letters - as if nothing is ever truly meant to be thrown away. One more reason to love France ♥️
