Posted in Family Stuff, Uncategorized on 19 May, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Ok, don’t look at me like that.
I apologise for abandoning you. I can’t remember when that was exactly, but I think it was sometime between lambing and the start of our direct selling venture. It must have been after we finished pruning our 1,000 odd apple trees, but before the hail netting in the orchard went up.
My memory [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, tagged Illinois, lambs on 1 March, 2008 | 10 Comments »
From this…..
to…
well, if I hadn’t forgotten my camera leads you would probably be looking at a photo of beautiful rural Illinois by now, or on second thoughts, maybe just a picture of Walmart.
After much discussion, my husband and I have decided to go global with the sale of our lambs and of course, we can’t hope to conquer [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Village Life, the Alps, tagged Elections on 22 February, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Elections are looming and I’m not talking about the ones in the U.S., although given the stories floating out of the rumour mill that is our village, I could well be.
The current mayor who has presided over the village for the last 25 years is standing down. He has faced precious little opposition in the [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, tagged France, New Year's Eve on 5 January, 2008 | 13 Comments »
If I ever invite you to spend New Year’s Eve with us, please refuse. Even if I beg, plead and cajole and tell you that I’ve spent days preparing for it, just say that you’ve already been invited to do something else. Something less life-threatening. Like Base Jumping.
Our New Year’s Eve parties are jinxed. People we [...]
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