The Joy Of Cooking And Eating. Here in France, we are in the second national lockdown due to the Covid 19 health crisis. Restaurants, bars and cafés are closed and we are not able to socialise with friends or extended family. In a country where the importance of...
Buying Secondhand. Between the age of sixteen and eighteen, I was studying, for my A’levels*, in Hastings, in the south east of England. I studied English, French and Art. I used to walk down the windy sea front from the sixth form and secretarial college buildings to...
Last week, I went into Paris for an overdue and much needed Artist’s Date. What is that? I hear you ask. Some of you may be familiar with the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, but if not here’s the blurb ….. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron provides a...
Claude Monet wrote (above) : “Beyond painting and gardening, I am good for nothing.” Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny is the holy grail of natural sites for every art lover visiting France. It is where the artist spent the last four decades of his life,...
I love to walk. It’s an essential part of my routine, both my morning walk and my afternoon walk. In the morning I’m energised by the exercise and I think about the day ahead, and in the afternoon it’s a welcome break from the computer screen and...
While my Chéri was on holiday at home, we went to visit the house of the famous Impressionist artist Claude Monet in the nearby village of Giverny. We live a short one hour drive from the village and it was my third visit, but surprisingly my husband had never been...
