Happy 98th Birthday to Grammy!

23/02/201520/05/2023 Birthdays, Life in France, The Garden, Work

As the title says, it’s Grammy’s 98th birthday today. The whole family, except me, went to Mpls to celebrate. I spoke to her today and she had a nice weekend, ... Read more

Nearly There With the New Site

09/02/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

UPDATE: The new site is now live. First off, many thanks to those of you who helped test the new site. We’re just in the process of tidying up the ... Read more

Test de Connaissance du Francais

19/01/201517/03/2026 Life in France, Socialising, Work

Welcome back to the Frog blog. I planned on writing this entry a bit earlier but ended up having quite a busy day so I’m finally getting around to it ... Read more

Je Suis Charlie

12/01/201515/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

The big news this week is the tragedy in Paris, where a number of journalists and others were massacred by Islamic extremists. Many here have said it’s their 9/11 and ... Read more

Coasting along to Christmas

08/12/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

As Matt mentioned in his last post, the weather did indeed turn colder here and it has stayed that way. We’ve still yet to have a frost but it won’t ... Read more

La Soirée Britannique 2014

17/11/201406/08/2025 Fooood, La Soirée Britannique, Life in France, Photos, Socialising

Barry came over to rehearse last Saturday, bringing the remnants of a cold with him. On Sunday, I had a scratchy throat and by Monday, it was a confirmed cold. ... Read more

A Change in the Weather

08/10/201417/03/2026 Life in France, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits, Work

Welcome back to Frog Blog and the weekly news roundup from Mazeroux. The first thing to report, as much as it pains me, is that all of a sudden it ... Read more

Another Visit from The De Zutter Family

11/08/201417/03/2026 Life in France, Socialising, Visits

Ok, here’s the weekly round-up from Mazeroux city. As Matt said in his last post, it has indeed been somewhat busier here compared to last week. We took the car ... Read more

A Visit from Nan, Dave and Amy

23/06/201406/08/2025 Fooood, Life in France, Music, Photos, Socialising, Visits, Work

I took Mom to Angouleme on Monday afternoon, where she got a refund for her cancelled train. I left her there a bit early since we had dinner plans that ... Read more

A Flying Parental Visit

27/05/201416/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

First, a few updates since Will’s last post. We did get everything planted on Monday, which was our last sunny day. Since then, we’ve had some really fierce storms, complete ... Read more