Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
The census-taker came to our house today. I've never been interviewed by a census-taker before. I've definitely not been interviewed by a census-taker in French before. She was a very nice young woman and she brought her darling little daughter with her. It's Wednesday, you see, and in France young children don't go to school … Continue reading…
Are you into decorating? I've been listening to internet radio and one of the ads is promoting buying stuff for your house, basically saying that winter is a good time to do some decorating, tarting things up a bit and all that. I have no interest. I used to, but, somewhere along the way the … Continue reading…
Rumor has it that there’s a Big Game this weekend. To be honest, I had to Google ‘Super Bowl’ to be sure. It doesn’t have much of a following here. It is broadcast here, live on some channels, but it starts after midnight, on a Sunday night. You can see why parties aren’t really big. … Continue reading…
My search for butternut squash recipes continues. A few weeks ago an email came across my screen that caught my interest. To be honest, I get so many, and most are not worth the effort to hit the delete button… I tucked it away, without reading, of course, to make another day. The day came. … Continue reading…
Bonnie got her first bunny. There is currently a lively debate going on chez nous, as to whether or not that is a good thing. The person who was sitting quietly in the warm house at his computer (who shall remain nameless) thinks it's wonderful and lavished Bonnie with much praise. The person who was … Continue reading…
One big food holiday is over; an entire four weeks of nibbling, noshing, snacking and supping is on the horizon. If you came here looking for my usual, somewhat healthy, somewhat lo-cal recipe to help survive the holidays…. Not today, sorry. If you cam here looking for something pretty or fancy or flashy for entertaining … Continue reading…
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: We have mains water now. The Powers That Be came Wednesday and did whatever. Now all we need to do is to rent a … Continue reading…