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It’s the feel of a soft fabric touching my hands that becomes addictive. Its color and pattern. And its thickness and shape. My imagination flows and my head bubbles with ideas as I look at the pile of kitchen towels loosely arranged on the old wooden corner table in the living room. It’s high enough [...]

It’s already Tuesday and I am a day late. Désolée ! I promised a winner for the Around Fog Linen catalog. And I am happy to announce that Dawn McBeth is the one with the lucky number. Thank you Dawn, I will be sending you the catalog tomorrow.
This week is also one amongst many [...]

You would not think that it’s been pouring rain outside. All night and day. Unceasingly. All weekend actually. So I bought bunches of colorful Ranunculus flowers, to cheer up the house and make it sunny.

And we took long breakfasts and played games with Lulu, teaching her new hand tricks and how to toss a ball–Oh [...]

It’s been such an amazingly sunny and mild weekend that on Saturday, despite the zillions of things we had planned to do, we decided to take Lulu to the beach for a picnic improvised at the last minute. We wanted to catch the moment. Be in the moment. Right after breakfast, we packed sun lotion, [...]

Spaghetti with roasted cherry tomatoes, lemon thyme and honey
There are dishes, you know, that are all about comfort. Dishes that need to be nourishing, but have to happen quickly. They’ll always be fresh and colorful because that’s the kind of food I crave. I don’t know about you but I find endless the possibilities of [...]

Lobster fishing — La pêche au homard

L’histoire est un peu longue à raconter. Tout est arrivé vite; un courriel, puis un deuxième, et un troisième…une surprise totale. En quelques mots, j’ai eu la chance d’être contactée par Delphine, une journaliste formidable qui, en novembre dernier, préparait un reportage sur les nouvelles tendances culinaires pour l’émission [...]

Needless to say that it’s really nice to wake up in a different place.
With a difference view.
And at a different pace.
Ah…les vacances….