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I am slowly emerging from a busy period celebrating a milestone birthday. There’s been a lot of catching up, talking, laughing, and of course feasting.  In the past, I would have organised a big party. In fact, I initially planned to have the family flown over from France. But then Anne went overseas for the year, and Mum passed away. No longer feeling particularly festive, I ditched the big party plans, switching … Read More

Halloween is near and as in the past four years, we celebrated a week early as it clashes with a family birthday. It is no surprise that 2020 has been a challenging year and when it came to pick a theme for our party, I wanted nothing to do with ghoul, spiders, rats or bloody human parts.  I am ok with ghosts and skulls though, and have always liked the Mexican tradition… Read More

Well, 2016 is over and as we are entering 2017, I want to wish all of you, dear readers, a very Happy New Year, hoping it is as kind and generous to you as 2016 has been to us. New boat, new business, much socialising and entertaining have made for a hectic year and while I am far from complaining (life is good after all) I admit it all impacted on our… Read More