For farmers up here in Normandy, Brussels - whose Commission regulates farming practices throughout Europe - seems very far away.  And so does Paris.  They say that neither the European Commission nor the French government have a realistic notion of ...

To mark international women’s day today, here are some figures for women farmers in France, just been published by the French agricultural social security body the MSA. Figures are for 2017:

• One out of four farm managers in France is a w...

Crowds throng the stand of the young French farmers’ union ‘Jeunes Agriculteurs’ at this year’s international agricultural show in Paris. An enormous panel has been erected setting out their Charter for the future of Agriculture. Politicians and d...

My horse gave me a lesson in more ways than one not long ago.  I was riding her down a beautiful stretch here in Normandy when suddenly she started hyperventilating and twisted her body round as if to turn back.  I coaxed her on to no avail and, with...

[caption id="attachment_3540" align="aligncenter" width="269"] Photo Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA[/caption]

by ajhApril 15, 2019

[multilanguage_switcher]The short story entitled Le Train which you can read on the...

The snow fell quietly, covering the settlement in a thick white blanket.  The shaman had told Okwana she’d recognize the singing hut by the large narwhal ivory which jutted up out of the roof; it whistled when the wind raced over the ice, he’d said. ...

  After her fortuitous meeting with King Louis XIV, Dame Carpenter is now 'living' in the oil painting along with the Comte, but finds her new incarnation challenging. She continues her story. For Chapter 1, by ajhAugust 19, 2016