Category Archives: Monthly Recaps
The month that was – August 2026
🇬🇧 August in the South of France: Eclipses and Endless Surprises In which the sun overachieved, the eclipse got taken personally, a phone transfer held a man hostage, and a beach shut down without asking permission first. August arrived doing … Continue reading
June in the rearview mirror
🇬🇧 which is fitting since I just sold the mirror June, I hardly knew ye. Which is strange, because you’re allegedly my favorite month and we go way back — same week as my birthday, same week as the summer … Continue reading
The month that was – April 2026
🇬🇧 A Tale of Two Seas (and One Very Smug Tax Form) In which the month begins in salt water, ends in salt water, and temporarily drowns in bureaucracy. ⚓ Bookended by the briny deep April had the good taste … Continue reading
The month that was – March 2026
🇬🇧 A travel, weather, democracy, and solo-parenting debrief — in no particular order of grievance Spain called. We answered. Obviously. The month opened with roughly the first third of it spent in the suburbs of Alicante, which is the kind … Continue reading
🗓️ The Month That Was – October 2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷
🇬🇧 We didn’t exactly start October at home. In fact, we were somewhere in the Touraine region, where vineyards meet nostalgia, enjoying our annual reunion with the same little group of indestructible friends we’ve known since 1968. That’s right — … Continue reading
The month that was – March 2025
🇬🇧 The case of the disappearing month Once again, I find myself asking: where on earth did March go? It barely arrived, made itself comfortable for about five minutes, and then vanished without so much as a goodbye. I checked … Continue reading
I do it my way 