Secondary Residence or Not?
Every spring, we return to the same gîte in Bozel, tucked in the Savoie mountains — and every year, the same debate resurfaces: should we finally buy a secondary residence,…
Juste Claudia
Spring Is Here
After a long grey winter, spring's golden rapeseed fields have Claudia dreaming of getting her running mojo back — despite a nagging injury and some very persuasive laziness.
Beautiful Lettuce
After months of dodging snails and slugs, I finally harvest my homegrown oak leaf lettuce — only to find it tastes exactly like the supermarket kind.
Holidays at Home
A five-day staycation at home turns into breakfast in Paris, a Latin Quarter bookshop crawl, and eight new books eating into my reading pile.
Spring Is Here…almost
A Spring Garden in France, Full of Surprises Thanks to the former house owner, I am now enjoying the flowers of her labour. It’s our first spring garden in France,…