by Brian Crawford | Mar 31, 2013 | family
This evening, Amelia lost her third top front tooth. She’s been missing one of her two front teeth for several years now; she had to have it pulled while we were living in Charleston. A few days ago, her second tooth fell out (though the tooth fairy apparently...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 29, 2013 | nature
This past Saturday was one of the nicest days we’ve seen here in northwestern France in 2013. Today is certainly not one of those days… I went for a jog this morning after dropping the kids off at school, and it was only half a degree from freezing. Brr!...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 24, 2013 | food
lately, I’ve been getting into the habit of making good habits. And of all the habits that I’ve been making, one of my favorites has been the habit of creating daily (or almost-daily) fruit and vegetable shakes in the blender. we go through a lot of fruits...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 14, 2013 | nature
the weather this past week has been bizarre. Saturday afternoon it was warm and mild (as evidenced by my previous post). Then, two days ago, it got bitter cold, and it snowed all day and during the night, only to warm up by the following afternoon. This morning I got...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 10, 2013 | family
yesterday we went on a walk through the public park in the center of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. While we were there, Mia asked me to take a few pictures of her using some of the exercise stations situated at a grassy spot beside the lake. The pictures turned out well...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 8, 2013 | writing
For the past two weeks I’ve been subscribed to BookBub, a free service that delivers daily deals on digital books for the Kindle and Nook on Amazon. I’ve been enjoying the service so far. One thing I’ve noticed – and I’m not sure if this...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 6, 2013 | family
it’s that time of year again… the time when the persistent nip leaves the air, the sun starts lingering in the sky in the afternoons, and Callum catches the gardening bug. this year we bought several different bulbs and some fresh soil from the gardening...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 4, 2013 | food
while Callum and I spent some time outside doing a little gardening, Yvonne and Amelia made some gluten-free rice cake pizzas. At first I was a bit dubious about how good they might be, because to be honest, I’m not normally a big fan of rice cakes. I find them...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 3, 2013 | nature
today was a pretty nice (albeit somewhat chilly) day, so we spent the afternoon at the forest of Fougères in the eastern part of Brittany. The forest is quite large, and within it there is a good-sized lake with a beach for the kids to play at and a short pier where...
