What to do on a cold grey Autumn day with a toddler? Ha! Gardening. See my barren strawberry patch turning red? I didnt actually know strawberry plants did that. Let's hope they see a better April. Petit Prince. Petit Priiiiiiince. Hello! Where are you going? Aaah. ... read more
A Morning Jog
I pull on my jogging pants and tighten my Asics Gel Kayano's for the Supinated Foot. Then I pull a long tee shirt over my million dollar baby weight and head out. I jog past the hedges with the bright orange berries past the funky … tree (is it?), and the persimmon tree past the Q-tip ... read more
La Purée (Vegetable Soup)
Soup is a very common meal in France. It can be served as an appetizer, but given that the French eat sparing dinners, it's more likely to be the main course. The most common is a vegetable soup, called "purée." You take some large leeks. Chop them into rounds and rinse them well to remove ... read more
Cultural Hazards of France
It was time to pick the children up from their new school. I had spent the day cramped in our little bedroom above where the workers were banging away and turning our basement into someplace livable. Our clothes were hanging on a temporary rack in front of the chimney and we barely had enough ... read more
Petit Prince Turns Two
A year ago, I wrote one of my very first posts about Petit Prince's first birthday. He was called Peanut back then on my other blog, and you can read the story here if you weren't around in the early days. Last weekend my baby celebrated turning two! There was candy, of course that let ... read more
Normandy (Managing Expectations)
I thought it was time to wrap up my Normandy posts after watching this video (link below). It doesn't matter whether you speak French or English or neither – I think you'll catch the drift. Têtes à Claques I'm sorry to be so incommodius as to make you click over, but I cannot share it without ... read more
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