Citizenship Ceremony, Stereo System and Some Socialising

13/03/201715/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We’ve just returned from Perigueux for Will’s citizenship ceremony which took place at the Prefecture. There were 70 people from all over the department, representing 28 countries. The Prefet gave ... Read more

The Birthday / Citizenship Celebrations

06/03/201727/12/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

We’re in the midst of a power-cut here in Mazeroux that means I am legitimately unable to do any work. So instead I am getting my blogging done. Our outage ... Read more

Grammy’s 100th Birthday Celebration

01/03/201720/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Our Travels, Socialising

I returned last night from a lovely trip to the States for the big birthday celebration. Despite being a short trip, it was packed with activities. Will took me to ... Read more

Musings on the French Language

23/02/201725/10/2025 Life in France, Rants and Nonsense

This is a wee collection of thoughts and comments about French that have been at the back of my mind for a while that I wanted to set down ‘on ... Read more

La Soirée Savoyarde

20/02/201724/12/2023 Socialising, Work

As Matt foretold, our weekend was very much consumed by the above-mentioned event. Before I get to that though, a quick recap of the week. It’s mild out today, but ... Read more

Happy Valentines Day

14/02/201727/12/2023 Work

There is so little to report, I’ve coopted today’s greeting card holiday for my title. As you might have guessed, we never celebrate Valentines Day and this year is no ... Read more

Tempête Liev

06/02/201717/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

We’ve just had us a most impressive storm down here in the sud-ouest. There was no thunder or lightning, it was a wind storm. And with gusts of 110km here ... Read more

The Frogification of Sugar

31/01/201723/12/2023 Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Work

It’s official – Will is now a French citizen! He received a letter today informing him of the news, and that he should expect more info within the coming six ... Read more

Commiserating the Unauguration

23/01/201727/12/2023 Socialising, Work

Well, if Trump is going to make up words, so am I. When you lose the popular vote and still take office, you are an “unpresident”, and the ceremony is ... Read more

New Neighbours

16/01/201727/12/2023 Fooood, Fromage, Visits

Before I get to the exciting news, there’s an update on Uncle Dean. He’s been in hospital since his seizure last week, still agitated and somewhat confused. The docs blamed ... Read more