Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
How did I ever get to 600? (posts) Here’s what Emma thinks of that accomplishment: She’s rendering her opinion from the other side of the kitchen table. Yes, she’s that big. That also describes her thoughts on spending an hour stuck in the mud on flat ground at Vlad’s house this morning. Mon mari wasn’t … Continue reading…
Chicken in Mustard Sauce with Cauliflower and Pasta Long, long ago, in a faraway place, when I was more naive, less sophisticated than I am now (or so I think) I learned a lesson. In the eyes of the universe it was a minuscule lesson, but, because I was attempting to impress colleagues with my … Continue reading…
Men and Fire. Why do men have a deep-seated belief that it requires an abundance of testosterone to tend a fire? Do they fear a loss of masculinity if a woman tends the fire? Are they afraid of what will happen next if women master (ha) this sooty, messy task? Will loss of the TV … Continue reading…
My Christmas Spirit had deserted me. I had no Happy Holiday anticipation. This is my favorite time of year. I start planning in autumn, and start preparing the 1st of December. But I have no oven to bake Christmas Cookies. Or my traditional Christmas Pumpkin and Cranberry breads. Of course, I didn’t have a garden … Continue reading…
Tomorrow is a big day, chez moi. Last Thursday I spent the morning at the France Telecom office, arranging to get our phone connected. I don’t actually remember doing that in the US, but it seems like it was simple – a phone call from the realtor’s office perhaps? Here, one goes to France Telecom, … Continue reading…
Aren’t they great? When we lived in the Vendée we had big, harmless grass snakes. Here we have little poisonous vipers. When we lived in the Vendée we had lawns, grass and, generally, mowed, well-tended weeds. Here, we don’t. The property hasn’t been lived in for awhile and things have generally run amuck. When we lived … Continue reading…
Shakespeare used around 15,000 words. If he couldn’t find the word he needed he invented it. The average English speaker today knows around 2,500. The average big-city newspaper uses about 850. Knowing all of this I should be pleased and impressed, have a ‘right on’ attitude, towards the shows on television that try to expand … Continue reading…