Set Goals, Thrive in France
I haven’t been writing. It’s true. I have been taking photos though, watching the flowers grow and enjoying the good weather. I took some time to recover after re injuring my back. Two weeks spent flat on…
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My French Garden Love
To appreciate Mother Nature in all her forms, gardening is a celebration of creation. Watching and nurturing seeds to sprouts, the stages plants go through until they flower and lastly give fruit: is a lesson in patience and love. Gardening is a common pass time and no wonder, when you can get your hands dirty…
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12 year old – Make It Rain Electric Guitar
Daniel has been taking guitar lessons from Flo lead guitarist from our local (somewhat famous) Goulamas’k for two years. We feel very lucky to have this opportunity. They started him on the acoustic guitar and he made good progress the first year. He really wanted to move to the electric guitar early on but we…
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I am Canadian and I Blog.
I am Canadian. And I Blog. Some of you have noticed that I talk differently from the majority of the English speakers in the Languedoc. In a million years I never would have guessed that my English and not my French would be a problem when moving to southern France. Trying to take it in…
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Pour Vivre Heureux, Vivons Caches. Translation? The Proverb States, “To Live Happy, You Must Live In Secret”
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own. ~Harold Coffin Envy is the emotion you feel when you measure yourself up to the idea of what another person may be and you fall short. Not to be mixed up with jealousy which is feeling a sense of loss when someone’s…
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Ginestas, Swing Easy & L’Anais Restaurant
Our family trekked the 20 minutes to Ginestas a quaint village to see our friend’s band, Swing Easy play. We know Sammy and Mel though choir and wanted to watch their performance at Restaurant L’Anais. We were surprised to find a traditional building with a hand painted mural on the inside wall as the…
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Leaving Canada for France in under 10,000 words
First Came the Plan How do you get from A – B, if A is South Surrey, B.C. Canada and B is an unknown area in southern France? Lists! A big believer in lists, I sat down for about 5 minutes and wrote the one below. We stuck to it until every item was ticked off…
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Capestang’s International Choir
Why do people sing? People sing when they are happy or sad, dying or in labour, old or young, even babies sing. We sing for religious reasons and rites of passage, bottom line, we sing whenever we get the chance because we can and it feels great. I feel at peace with everything around me while…
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Capestang Car Show
Yes, another stat holiday and no school for the kids! May 8th, 1945 World War II Allies excepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi German armed forces. To commemorate this day, our little community of Capestang paraded through the streets to the cemetery to listen to speeches from veterans and to hear the band play. Vintage…
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Second Honeymoon in Paris
Where are all the rude Parisians? Do you speak Tourist? Is a movement in Paris started in 2012 to try to improve customer relations with visitors to the metropolitan city of Paris. The creators have analysed who comes to Paris and what they expect when they are there. Through the website, business owners can have a…
