Blog in France

Photo by Frenk and Danielle Kaufmann from Dreamstime Having touched on discrimination yesterday with a look at the suppression of the term Mademoiselle on official forms, I thought I’d continue on the theme by looking at the disparity between the treatment of boys and girls at primary school. Recently there...

My mum and dad 60 years ago It’s official. A circular from the Prime Minister’s office yesterday, 21st February, has decreed that the term Mademoiselle (Miss) is to be phased out of official documentation. Women no longer have to pinpoint their marital status. France has never had an equivalent of...

It may be hard to believe given my well-known dislike of cooking, but this morning saw me voluntarily in the kitchen. And I’ll be back again later making pancakes. Using flour, which leads me to this photo which I just have to include. (OK, I have it in for M...

Simon Hutchinson, one of the riders As I write this, late afternoon on 20th February, six of the ten participants in the World Cycle Racing Grand Tour are in France. One passed fairly close to here earlier today but I had no idea the race was going on until five...

I’m quite enjoying the run up to the French presidential elections, even though none of us Daggs can vote in them. That situation will have changed by the next Presidentielle though. As soon as Caits turns 18 in April, I shall go to the Mairie in Nouzerines and get the...