In the Cévennes region, we usually have scorching heat starting in June. Not this year! Temperate weather and intermittent downpours have...

While there's never a dull moment around here, this past month has been extra eventful. Often, I feel like I'm living in a French film...

The first week of December here in the Cévennes, we harvest olives. Our crop this year was by far our most abundant, taking us two days...

Here in the Cévennes region, spring is elusive. One day, we have brilliant sunshine and bright blue skies filled with puffy white clouds....

A gray, cloudy day––depressing or cozy? Roadside growth––weeds or wildflowers? Whether we see beauty in the storm and life in the weeds...

In my little town, St. Hippolyte du Fort, we are blessed with lovely walking paths. I'm grateful to so easily engage with the surrounding...

My husband had a significant birthday a few years back (well, ok, more like a decade). I sent out requests for a word of encouragement, a...

Part One Madame fought back tears, but the deep well of emotion that was their cause would not be contained. "Our grandfathers… the...

When I reflect on the beauty of the seasons, I usually picture the soft bright colors of spring or the brilliant tones of autumn. Yet...

I have written about the mountains of St. Hippolyte du Fort in a previous blog, but majestic Le Cengle calls us to take another look....

The Route de Lasalle starts right outside my front door and winds its way up through beautiful Cevenol countryside. I love watching the...

Vive les vendanges! Yay for the grape harvest! I love this time of year, and one of the very best things about it is the vendanges. Early...

One of the best things about living in the south of France is lavender season. It is truly incroyable…incredible! The colors, the scent,...

This year, for the first time, I have a vegetable garden–a potager as it's called in French. Interestingly, the word for...

This week we're going on a tour of the beautiful mountains surrounding my little town. So grab your walking stick and hiking boots…just...

These past weeks, here in the Cévennes, we have had quite a stretch of gray skies and rainy days. Our summers can be scorching hot, so...

Of the many beautiful walks in and around St. Hippolyte du Fort, my very favorite is on the Route de Cros. Out my door, across the...

"Spring is sprung, the grass has riz I wonder where the birdies iz…" (Anonymous) Every year around this time, my dad would chant this...

Winter brings a subtle beauty, one that can easily be missed. Do we see muted skies and think, oh no, another overcast, gray day? Or do...

Last Sunday, puffy white clouds drifted overhead through a sparkling blue sky. A lovely winter day to take the small hike up the mountain...