/ In the throes of a busy summer, I repeatedly ask myself if the road I have chosen as a teach-it-yourselfer was the best way to get to where I am today. What is a teach-it-yourselfer? People who teach themselves the skills they need to progress in life. As I scrub the dirt off a…
St. Andrews, Scotland named after Saint Andrews the Apostle, is a beautiful seaside city located on the North East coast of Fife and is known for their university and ‘Home of Golf’ one of the oldest clubs where championships are held. The busy streets of St. Andrews were full of students. My stepsister Nicole and…
L’Oulibo in Bize Minervois is a 15 minute drive from Capestang, and is an active olive farm, mill and cooperative. Here you will find the unique Lucques and Picholine olive varieties as well as others, to try and buy. Offering tours and products to the region for over 70 years, this is a must…
Puisserguier throws their annual Soup Festival, located one town over from our home in Capestang. Our family trucks the seven minutes to take part in the fun! There were tables lining the edge of the parking lot, with twenty groups ladling out cups of soup for people to taste and vote for. The atmosphere was…
“SOME TRANSFORM THE SUN INTO A YELLOW SPOT, OTHERS TRANSFORM THE YELLOW SPOT INTO THE SUN.” PABLO PICASSO When I was a child my grandparents had an oversized oil painting over their fireplace mantle. A large ornate wooden frame, heavy for its size, bordered it. The canvas wasn’t stretched completely tight;…
Part of my 40 before 40 list was to eventually put together my grandmother’s recipes in one place for the next generations to enjoy. I learned to cook from my parents, who never used a recipe book when teaching me how to cook. They learned how foods blend, while the ingredients warm up to the…
When we decided on Capestang as the perfect spot in Europe to raise our children, what we saw in this village was untouched potential. We stumbled across a perfectly preserved French village that stays open year round. Unlike many of the coastal communities that cater to tourists, they then shut down for the…
Coming together is the beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford I drove around Capestang today to pick up some groceries at Lidl and Intermarche as one does. The same route I normally take about twice a week; first Intermarche to grab those items Lidl doesn’t carry and then back to…
We picked up my Canadian friend from the train station and before heading home to Capestang to make French style mussels, eat piles of cheese and drink a carafe of local wine, we decided to check out the famous nine locks in the Fonseranes area of…