Mum died from a stroke on the 12th of November last year. She had been so proud of her good health: At 87 she wasn’t taking any pills or anything, had no major concerns what so ever. She stood straight, tall and slim, taking care of her weight gracefully, like she did with her friends, …
Maman est décédée d’un infarctus le 12 novembre dernier. Elle qui était si fière de sa santé : A 87 ans, pas un médicament, pas de problème majeur, rien. Elle était toujours bien droite, grande et mince, prenant soin de son poids discrètement, comme elle faisait de ses amies, et ignorante de cette aorte bouchée qui …
Our ewes are not going to produce lambs anymore. We intended on them stopping last year but our ram Dini ( from Houdini!) escaped from his field along with the donkeys and managed to get himself under the fence and into the ewes’ field where he had been longing to be. On that damp …
Merci à vous David Asher, pour votre fabuleux livre : L’art de faire son fromage. « Rien n’est perdu. Voici l’enseignement de ce livre qui questionne avec beaucoup de clarté et de simplicité notre modèle de production contemporaine en nous ramenant aux fondamentaux sans autres forme de procès. En faisant le pari un peu fou du fromage …
Thank you very much David Asher for your book on cheese making: The Art of Natural Cheesemaking, using traditional, Non Industrial Methods and Raw Ingredients to Make the World’s Best Cheeses. I bought the French version of your book and I haven’t stopped making all sorts of delicious things with the good and fresh local …
A healthy brain seems to be what we need in order to live free of Alzheimer or any other degenerative diseases. A fascinating documentary on ARTE, a French/German channel, three years ago got me to rethink my way around health and the pharmaceutical industry. The program was called “Le jeûne, une nouvelle thérapie ?”= …
The reality of us human beings destroying our world on a terrifying speed and scale is escaping me. I don’t talk about it much or if I do it is like I would of a good TV series, with passion but somewhat detached. Like anything on TV, it is removed from me and so has …
For the last couple of years we have been thinking about building a pond below the orchard, where the ground below the fruits trees drops down naturally and where only stones prevail along with very few grasses and juvenile ash trees. We’re on the edge of the “Park Regional des Causses du Quercy Blanc” …
« Juin 1962. La chaleur si particulière d’Alger s’est installée depuis deux mois déjà. Mêlée à la ville dévastée, ruinée, encerclée de barbelés, aux murs perclus de balles, aux boutiques éventrées, aux façades recouvertes de tracts et de slogans, elle semble encore plus lourde, plus pesante et la brise marine qui souffle pas saccades irrégulières, …
The honeysuckle in bloom is delightful. On the way to the donkey paddock it has grown into a robust shrub hanging above the path like a cloud, supported by a neighbouring hawthorn. I don't want to prune it if I can help it so the path has been diverted slightly to accommodate it. Here on …
La dame aux ânes 