BLISS

Lunch today in our garden with my darling, under an arbor of fragrant, pink tea roses; a white platter on the glass table before us, piled with coral smoked salmon and green capers; ripe summer tomatoes and finely sliced red onion; slender wedges of  lemon; parsley from the garden. Tiny brown-spotted quail eggs nestle in… Continue reading BLISS

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More Dorset –

Dorset is Hardy country.  Dorchester, its capitol, is said to be the model for Casterbridge in the novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge.  Did I bring a copy with me?  No.  Didn’t plan to do much reading in our two day visit, though I wish I had re-read some Hardy works before we came down. But… Continue reading More Dorset –

NESTING

Furnishing a home is something most people do in their twenties and thirties.  At least, they used to.  I suppose more people are like me, now.  I’ve furnished many different homes and apartments in many parts of the world, mostly on my own,  and now Bernard and I have to accommodate each other’s taste and… Continue reading NESTING

THE HOLIDAYS

I have been composing blog posts daily, lying awake at 4:00 AM.  The trouble is, I don’t get up to write them down.  I am now wondering if it is worth it to try to catch up on the holiday activities or just start from here, January 7, 2008?  The thing is, we had some… Continue reading THE HOLIDAYS

The Wedding Reception

  The ceremony, such as it is, is concluded, the papers signed by the married couple and four of their children.  Outside, some of the men have lined up on either side of the entrance to the mairie, tennis rackets,  decorated with flowing white ribbons, raised in salute and joining at the top to form… Continue reading The Wedding Reception

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Perigord

DOMME Perched above the Dordogne Valley, the views from  the village of Domme sweep over rolling hills patched with cultivated fields and dotted with the fully leaved trees of summer.  The river snakes around the edges of the valley  far below, metallic in the noon day sun, black at twilight.  The Hotel de l’Esplanade stands… Continue reading Perigord

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