“Beeswax on old oak, sisal rugs, freshly laundered linen sheets dried in the sunshine, oil paintings bought at a brocante for as little as 5 euros each,” writes Sara Silm about the details behind her ...

Marie Proulx-Meder “grew up French,” and like many Chicopee natives of French-Canadian descent, she remembers their “joie-de-vivre” spirit. These immigrants and their families had strong Catholic ...