When I was just a little girl growing up in Duncan British Columbia Canada, my mom showed me how to dig a whole with a little shovel and lovingly place my first marigold in to it. From there she taught me how to take care of our family garden. Our family memories in the garden have a…
It started with a vision of our family splashing around in a pool, but where? Our garden is far too small unless we take out the shed and the giant palm tree. Last week we said goodbye to the shed, thanks to Mike! Progress! Let The Renovations Begin! Today, a parent from Daniel’s handball took the…
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.” ― Neil Gaiman New Year’s Resolutions 2017…
How do people deal with their emotions when someone close to them is dying? Some of us hide at home, drink too much, over eat, go to therapy, call friends, run away or as many different people there are in the world, are as many different solutions we can come up with when dealing with…
‘I thought reality TV would be the biggest success of my life, or the biggest mistake!’ Bethenny Frankel Have you seen these three culprits around Capestang? Meet Mat, Alicia and Noel, the House Hunters International film crew! You might be wondering, what the hell is going on in our village with cameras everywhere! Rest assured it is just a…
Daniel left with one large pack; one the school required him able to carry on his own and a knapsack with a ham and butter baguette brown-bagged lunch for the bus ride up. He was ready for five nights and six days away from home to ski in the Pyrenees Mountains with his Grade three…
‘The Midi fires the senses; makes your hand agile, your eye sharp, your brain clearer,’ wrote Van Gogh. People seem to feed off an energy in the Languedoc that translates to creative endeavors. Is it a coincidence that so many us live here; entrepreneurs from all over the world who have found their home in the warm…
Francois & Carole Gauffre own La Compagnie Des Fromagers, the specialty cheese shop where they hand select each product from the best producers throughout France. In the direction of Beziers after Montady is a roundabout. Take your third exit and turn into the industrial block, and at the end you will see three wooden cut outs;…
Beziers is growing on me. I didn’t like it throughout the winter, it seemed grey and grungy to me. Then the floral markets started up and the locals emerged from hibernation and the city came alive right before my eyes. Now I only see the old buildings, the charming narrow streets that wind towards the…
Promising Starts After crying the blues about the system, when I was nearing the end of my rope, that’s when it all falls into place. I managed to accomplish something today that made me very proud of myself. I went alone to the doctors. Over the past two years; Alfonz, Mallory or Anne would…