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Sights, Sounds, and Scents of Summer
In the Cévennes region, we usually have scorching heat starting in June. Not this year! Temperate weather and intermittent downpours have...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
May 175 min read
Bees, Boars, Boulders, and Béals
While there's never a dull moment around here, this past month has been extra eventful. Often, I feel like I'm living in a French film...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Dec 18, 20236 min read
Harvest Home
The first week of December here in the Cévennes, we harvest olives. Our crop this year was by far our most abundant, taking us two days...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Apr 15, 20233 min read
Cevenol Spring
Here in the Cévennes region, spring is elusive. One day, we have brilliant sunshine and bright blue skies filled with puffy white clouds....
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Perspectives
A gray, cloudy day––depressing or cozy? Roadside growth––weeds or wildflowers? Whether we see beauty in the storm and life in the weeds...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Mar 26, 20223 min read
A Walk Along the Voie Verte
In my little town, St. Hippolyte du Fort, we are blessed with lovely walking paths. I'm grateful to so easily engage with the surrounding...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Feb 5, 20225 min read
Les Cigalois de St. Hippolyte du Fort - Part 2
My husband had a significant birthday a few years back (well, ok, more like a decade). I sent out requests for a word of encouragement, a...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Jan 21, 20224 min read
Les Cigalois of St. Hippolyte du Fort
Part One Madame fought back tears, but the deep well of emotion that was their cause would not be contained. "Our grandfathers… the...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Dec 18, 20213 min read
Beauty in the Bleak Midwinter
When I reflect on the beauty of the seasons, I usually picture the soft bright colors of spring or the brilliant tones of autumn. Yet...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Nov 27, 20213 min read
Le Cengle Mountain Glory
I have written about the mountains of St. Hippolyte du Fort in a previous blog, but majestic Le Cengle calls us to take another look....
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Oct 31, 20213 min read
The Invaders' Route
The Route de Lasalle starts right outside my front door and winds its way up through beautiful Cevenol countryside. I love watching the...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Vive les Vendanges
Vive les vendanges! Yay for the grape harvest! I love this time of year, and one of the very best things about it is the vendanges. Early...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Jul 18, 20213 min read
La Lavande
One of the best things about living in the south of France is lavender season. It is truly incroyable…incredible! The colors, the scent,...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Jul 3, 20215 min read
Garden Lessons
This year, for the first time, I have a vegetable garden–a potager as it's called in French. Interestingly, the word for...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Jun 13, 20214 min read
Les Montagnes de St. Hippolyte du Fort
This week we're going on a tour of the beautiful mountains surrounding my little town. So grab your walking stick and hiking boots…just...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
May 8, 20214 min read
Beholding Beauty
These past weeks, here in the Cévennes, we have had quite a stretch of gray skies and rainy days. Our summers can be scorching hot, so...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Apr 23, 20216 min read
The Route de Cros
Of the many beautiful walks in and around St. Hippolyte du Fort, my very favorite is on the Route de Cros. Out my door, across the...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Apr 5, 20213 min read
Spring has Sprung
"Spring is sprung, the grass has riz I wonder where the birdies iz…" (Anonymous) Every year around this time, my dad would chant this...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Feb 19, 20213 min read
Winter Beauty
Winter brings a subtle beauty, one that can easily be missed. Do we see muted skies and think, oh no, another overcast, gray day? Or do...
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JanetJoanouWeiner
Jan 31, 20214 min read
The Road Not Taken
Last Sunday, puffy white clouds drifted overhead through a sparkling blue sky. A lovely winter day to take the small hike up the mountain...
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