The olive grove
Today I drove down narrow roads through medieval hilltop villages. In the countryside, a deer jumped across my path. I ate tiny salty...
The sweet smell of Grasse
I had read in the tourist literature that upon walking the streets of Grasse one can smell the perfumed air of roses, orange blossom and...
The French Riviera
The French Riviera in May is a glittering desirable location. The stars are here - Blake Lively, Russell Crowe, Colin Firth, Marion...
Upgrade & re-boot
This trip to France is 14 years in the making. It began with a copy of Carol Drinkwater's "The Olive Farm" and promises of Provencale...
Amazing...
I am probably not the right person to blog about being amazing. These last two weeks I have felt anything but amazing....I have felt...
Country roads take me home...
At the end of a nearly straight road three hours long is the small country town of St Arnaud. Driving through Australian bush and...
Beautiful, functional
"If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe...
Weekend Food
It begins, as it always should, with a cup of tea. Real tea. Twinings tea. Twinings English Breakfast tea. And that sufficed for quite a...
Extreme Food
Jamie is exhorting me to eat Super Foods but my Instagram is full of pictures of the other extreme - mega milk shakes, cronuts, donuts,...
Revenge Travel
Thirteen years ago I was given the book "The Olive Farm" as a gift by my then lover, future husband to be. The first foray into travel...
