Blog in France

We have a new washing machine. Well, that’s not very exciting, you might be thinking, but actually it is, a little bit, as it’s a top-loader. I consider it another step in a Frenchwards direction as I firmly associate such machines with this country. They were the only sort of...

So here we are in 2021. There were times during 2020 when it seemed like the year would never end. I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that! I made a one-star feedback cake for the year for our tea last night! But we got through the year, despite the...

Having become familiar with the cold process of soapmaking – I can’t claim to have mastered it yet, not by a long shot – I decided to have a go at the hot process. The main advantage to hot process soap is that you don’t have to leave it to...

So, we’re back in ‘confinement’, i.e. lockdown, here in France. Or at least some of us are. Kids are still going to school, workers are going to work, farmers are farming, but anyone who runs a home-based business or is without active employment for whatever reason cannot go further than...

About a year ago I started making lotion bars, prompted mainly by a wish to avoid plastic packaging but also because I enjoy being creative and crafty, and here was something I hadn’t tried yet. Lotion bars are relatively straightforward, once you have the necessary supplies of beeswax, one or...