Blog in France

I’m a knitter. At least I hope I can still call myself one. At one time I could have put it on my passport, I did so much, but of late time for knitting has become a rare luxury. The trouble with being self-employed is that you never get away...

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching – you have been warned. This week, as something slightly different for BloginFrance, I thought I’d contribute to the build-up by making some present and craft suggestions, and throw in a recipe or two. Valentine’s Day isn’t a big deal in our household. When the...

This isn’t a spelling mistake and has nothing to do with the famous tyres! From time to time on this blog I mention the old magazines and papers we inherited when we bought Les Fragnes. Amongst them is a serialised novel, Micheline by Hector Malot. It’s in 15 parts, each...

Apologies if you’ve tried to access this site in the last couple of days and found it suspended. A cock-up at our service provider’s end I’m afraid, but my wonderful webmaster (Chris) has got it all sorted out now. That disruption coming on top of my @llamamum Twitter account suddenly...

I’ve survived my first session of kiné (short for kinésithérapie i.e. physiotherapy) I’m delighted to say.  However, I wasn’t as delighted as Mme X, the physio (kinésithérapeute). She is probably the happiest person in France. I’m the fourth one of our family to have physiotherapy with her. (It’s not that...