Ahem I was dreading my visit to the village Post Office to get stamps for…
Ahem The colors of this year’s Fall together with four weeks of bright November daytime…
Ahem, The Swiss are well organized in most things but, inexplicably, they are terrible at…
Ahem It was party time at Rue de la Scierie as I invited my best…
Ahem Rough winds and rain were strafing the bean-poles when we returned home from torch-dry…
Ahem July has been an exciting month for all sorts of different reasons, but notable…
Ahem Ella graduated from school at the beginning of the month in a beneficent blaze…
Ahem A man from the mairie (local council) knocked on our door one day and…
Ahem March is a great month, known in Finland as maaliskuu, the “earthy” month when…
Ahem This month turns out to have been one of the most sociable in all…
Ahem When my father was in Rome for a few days during his active RAF…
Ahem Alli’s cooking abilities have attained a higher level of quality than ever before. On…
Ahem I miss not having a proper bonfire night, and regret that Halloween spreads itself…
Ahem As yet another year shoots across the failing sky at Samhain without so much…
Ahem This was a month of beauty and grace. Prime among the examples was the…
Ahem I have an admission. I live two lives; I have two loves. In real…
Ahem Ella’s 17th birthday took place on the 20th, and we celebrated by having dinner…
Ahem “There are more greenhouse gas emissions from cheeseburgers than from all the SUVs in…
Ahem My efforts to cycle more regularly to work were impeded by rain, which fell…
Ahem The children have all been achieving great things this month, and Ella in particular…
Ahem Jessie updates us regularly with her news as she freewheels around New Zealand. She…
Ahem The month began in deepest white winter and finished in thrusting gusty springtime. Due…
Ahem Another month of repeated and heavy snowfalls caused delays to our plans in many…
Ahem Early in the month while walking with the dogs Alli slipped and fell on…