Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I think we're done! Our 4-part Saga (see parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI) in getting all of the paperwork, permissions, etc. done to legally reside in France, is finally coming to an end…sort of. Two weeks ago we got the dreaded letter from the 'Powers That Be' regarding our 'Cart Vitale' or French … Continue reading…
It's not easy living in France (or any 'other' country). We don't really understand 'them'. Most cultural mores are ingrained in childhood and we don't understand our own let alone someone else's. So, we all get frustrated at times…which is what makes it interesting. But, the French can be very nice, overly helpful, even.Shortly after … Continue reading…
First the cucumbers: They are worse than the zucchini! They are dividing and cloning overnight! We're eating as fast as we can! What is it with the cucurbits (cucumber, zucchini, cornichons, squash, melon)? They produce like crazy, cross pollinate and produce strange, yet disturbingly familiar offspring the next year? I digress. My Mother's Cucumber Salad … Continue reading…
It's August. The French are on holiday. Well, not everyone. Some people are relegated to taking their holiday in July so they can fill in for the ones gone in August. But things are different. The postman stopped at the far gate last week when delivering my package from Amazon (bless him and bless them!). … Continue reading…
We have our 'Titre de Sejour', our permission to live in France. We thought, mistakenly, that once that hurdle had been jumped the rest would be easy. Well, there we go 'thinking' again! How foolish. (if you are curious and have not been following the Saga here are parts I, II, III, IV, V) We … Continue reading…
Why do some of us avoid the domaine of doctors? Are we afraid of what we might find out? Decide that if we don't acknowledge something it will just disappear? I like to think it's because we know best and don't want to waste the valuable time of doctors and dentists who have people who … Continue reading…
The streets and roads have been filled with honking cars and the night skies with fireworks lately. No, it's not the World Cup or Tour de France: it's Wedding Season! We were invited to the wedding of our neighbor's daughter last year, or should I say, part of the wedding. Weddings here happen in many … Continue reading…