Greetings and salutations, dear reader! After a record-breaking year of radio silence, I have been drawn out of hibernation by popular demand (of one aunt). I am alive and well, just busy with not much time to write about what... Continue Reading →
Would it be the last week of December without a long overdue attempt to catch up on everything of mild interest since the last blog post? I think not! So without further ado... SUMMER August in France = summer, and... Continue Reading →
Running round like a headless chicken, with a million things to do and time running out, must be time to ignore all my responsibilities and write a life update! September September was pretty unremarkable, marked mostly by getting back into... Continue Reading →
It felt like this day would never come, but winter is at last over and it's time for le blog to come out of hibernation! The first signs of thawing came at Christmas, where my first reprieve from winter (and... Continue Reading →
Where were we? June Not quite on holiday yet, but not working a whole lot either, June was a month of long weekends. The longest of which was five days in La Flèche to visit friends I had befriended on... Continue Reading →
Well... Always striving to reach new heights, I have outdone myself by failing to write for a solid five months and thus eclipsing an entire season (and beyond). Winter Winter came to an end with a hiss and a roar... Continue Reading →
Happy new year les amis! Time to catch up... December December kicked off, as every year, with the Fête des Lumières. I think I preferred it to last year. While it's always the same kind of offering, there were a couple... Continue Reading →
G'day mates! Turning things totally topsy turvy with this special issue (not quite) live from the southern hemisphere. After 23 months in France, the bank balance, professional and personal calendars finally aligned for a trip home in August. First up... Continue Reading →
Picking up right where the last post left off, as we were coming back from Annecy I got a message from a friend asking if I was still in Lyon, as he 'might' be passing through 'very soon' on his... Continue Reading →
La grande aventure lyonnaise de Catherine 