Blog in France

My box of Yves Rocher goodies has arrived. As you read in yesterday’s post, my review of the book Two Lipsticks and a Lover by Helena Frith-Powell, I’m determined to glam myself up a bit and not look too obviously like an ex-pat. I’m now one of the one in...

I got this book for 1 cent from an Amazon Marketplace seller. Add 2,99€ postage and it was a bargain. Or was it? This book is going to end up costing me a lot of money because it has made me decide that I must be more of a French...

The first of May is important for two reasons in France – muguet (lily of the valley) and Fête du travail (Labour Day). And, although it may seem unlikely, the two are connected. publicdomainpictures.net Lily of the valley is a good luck flower here in France. With its little bell-like...

Pic from Amazon.com As a self-confessed and beyond-help Eurovision junkie, I couldn’t resist buying Simon Lipson’s A Song for Europe. I stumbled across it by accident when I was messing with my Kindle one evening. I punched in Eurovision to see what it would come up with. Would you believe...

The new turkeys Actually, it’s not – fortunately – but it might have been. And I like the title! (You might remember the Dog Blog of a few months ago.) A thunderstorm on Wednesday night, but nothing like as bad as Monday’s humdinger though, freaked our dog Nessie out and...