Blog in France

I have my Kindle! Encouraged by the hi-tec members of the family i.e. all of them, I’ve treated myself to an Amazon Kindle. I’ve gone for the wifi only version at 139 dollars. It comes with a USB cable included and I also bought a France-friendly mains power cable for...

Public domain image from capiteauxl.free.fr The pumpkin bread recipe I put up the other day has got me onto a bread theme. Hardly a day goes by when we don’t regret that the farmer who rented Les Fragnes before us demolished the bread oven (four à pain) so that he...

I have been tripping over the four pumpkins in our kitchen since mid-October! There were a lot more than 4 originally, but our pumpkin consumption seems to have mysteriously slowed down of late. So I’ve found a recipe for pain à la citrouille – French Pumpkin Bread – to get...

A short goodbye to Bernard, our black llama, who died today. He was 16 which is good going for a llama, and had been noticeably looking old for over a year. He was one of the first batch of llamas we bought in 2006 from Bernard Morestin. He was a...

1.       You don’t have to hide your French language magazines from your partner. 2.       You won’t go blind if you learn French by yourself. 3.       You can learn French in front of the children. 4.       You won’t catch a disease learning French. 5.       It’s quite acceptable to pay someone to...