Back To Basics
Pre-Post Note/ Well, that was a roller-coaster of a week! Regular readers may have noticed that I missed my usual post last Sunday. Well, dad started [...] continue reading
Septic Tanks, COVID-19 Antibodies & The August Effect
"En raison de congés nous serons fermés du 5 Août au 27 Août inclus " (Due to vacation we will be closed from 5th August to 27th [...] continue reading
Slow Days, Breezy Evenings
There’s sunsets and then there are sunsets. I think you know what I mean. There’s the type where the sky goes crazy and explodes with colors that [...] continue reading
Hot, Hot, and Fiery Hot
It was a dark and stormy night, with lightning strikes that spread like giant spiderwebs in the sky. We were outside at close to midnight as the first [...] continue reading
Running On Pellets
Well we finally did it! We finally converted our old propane boiler/heater to wood pellets, and as of today we're fully, completely operating on [...] continue reading
Sunflowers, Tomatoes & Rainbows
Pre-Post Note/ THANK you for all the comments in my last post!! Clearly I hit a topic that resonated with many of you, and I'm glad I could provide an [...] continue reading
Feeling Safe (In Unsafe Times)
This week I found myself in an awkward situation. Some French friends of ours invited us out for dinner. At first I thought it would be an [...] continue reading
The Fruits Of Our Labour
Ever since I was a young child I've loved raspberry jam. I've always thought it the most special of fruits, perhaps because the only time I [...] continue reading
A Midsummer Fairytale – Carcassonne, France
“Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream circa 1595 It felt [...] continue reading
Going Bananas, And Talking Fruity
These past months, just like almost everyone under quarantine I've been doing a lot of baking. It's something I did way before the lockdown and have [...] continue reading
Daily Bread & The Flow Of Life In France
Ever seen a baguette vending machine? Honestly neither had I until I moved to France. The first one I saw took me so much by surprise that I [...] continue reading
A 100 km Jaunt Into The Ariège, SW France
How far do you have to go to get away from it all? Honestly in most places, not far at all. We never drove far when we RV'd in the US, [...] continue reading
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