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and that’s a wrap…

So the Holidays are now officially behind us, and it was fun and happy and busy, and although I can’t say that I have emerged well rested, I have come out the other side with a broad smile. (And I want to tell you about my chocolate log.)

Just that buzz in the kitchen and all over the house. Brothers and sisters who live far apart year round, finding time to sit down and chat. Catch up on their news, personal and professional.

Dogs are happy to be stroked by so many people. Gifts were exchanged, champagne was popped and

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the november edition of the mfch magazine

I am thrilled to tell you all that the November edition of our My French Country Home Magazine has launched! It is already available in digital and print and this is one you don’t want to miss! It feels surreal to say that this magazine is our 24th edition! We first started the magazine in January 2019, and have published every two months since then.

When I decided to launch the magazine I knew absolutely nothing about publishing, printing, distribution, paper weights or any of the stuff that you need to think about before you hit that Publish button! I

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and a happy new year to you too….

After a wonderful week with the house full of three generations mixed in together, I’m finally sitting down and pulling together my thoughts and ideas for this year’s end and hopefully a happy new year for all of us.

Do you still make New Year’s resolutions? I’m sorry to say that I don’t. Call it laziness, call it lack of willpower or simply me being realistic about what I am capable of sticking too!

There was a time when I would declare resolutions to “walk every morning before breakfast”, or “give up wine” or “renounce desserts” and each vain promise

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the holiday season when the empty nest gets busy again

The holiday season is upon us, and it’s a moment when I stop to think about the way that the empty nest has changed our daily living here.

I think that many of you will know about the empty nest. That dull feeling in the pit of your stomach as your ‘little ones’ fly away to find their own paths and build their own lives. But after the initial shock, a new era comes: a reassessment of the daily routine; reappropriating of space in the house, and little by little, if we’re lucky, we rediscover the pleasures of living as

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