Semence: Sowing seeds for a French flower garden

Only scarecrows are immune to canker sores. The rest of us are sitting ducks! (photo taken in the Queyras Valley, in the French Hautes-Alpes) If you are new to this word journal, I hope not to scare you away with an ugly first word. (You could always skip to the story column and learn sores–I mean scores–of flowery vocabulary…) I've been nursing a burning and … Continue reading Semence: Sowing seeds for a French flower garden

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A kind of borie (there is a well inside) exists peacefully in the field above us, here in our new domain–where olive trees grow. Beyond, Jean-Marc will plant grapes, appellation Bandol. He'll tell you about that later. Today, read a letter from the new owners of Domaine Rouge-Bleu! The story column follows. la fourmi (for-me)     : ant More fourmi terms, expressions, and whatnots … Continue reading fourmi