Vie de merde.  That’s French for “The crappy life”.  At this point, I was interested in ANYthing tied to France or anywhere else for that matter that was far away from here!   A chateaubriand to eat, a Bordeaux to drink, Christian Dior to wear, a French manicure for my nails, a French twist for my [...]

  Rewind back to my first summer here (oh this is paaaainful)……June, 2008.  We had been married less than three months, my mom passed away only a few weeks before, I was leaving my dad and daughter back in Idaho, along with a house that was now in my blood.  On my first trip out to [...]

The word environment sure is thrown around a lot these days (especially if you are Al Gore), but take a minute and think about that word….environments create feelings and if you all can’t tell by now, I’m all about feelings (sometimes I hate being such a chic!).  Our environment has so much impact on what [...]

No, no more talking about vents and waddles….at least for the moment.    This is about finding that special place, the one where time moves slower and your shoulders feel lighter…..do you have a place like that?  I believe everyone should have a place like that……. NOT the place:  During one of my incarnations I [...]

 GOATS:  Today I spoke with Dr. Chris Duemler, a veterinarian who raises Nubian goats (the cute ones with floppy ears).  We might purchase  Angel, a 2 year old doe whom he said had just recently been “freshened”.  What does that mean, “freshened”?  He just said it so casually like I knew what he meant….doesn’t he [...]

Welcome friends old and new…..I’m really excited about starting this blog and I hope you will share my journey along the way.  In order to fully understand the magnitude of this rural experiment, it is important to have some information that lead up to this trial run at being a country girl and why I [...]