This French Life

Author: Carol Miers

  • CAFI, a Vietnamese village in the Lot, France

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    Martine and Emile Lejeune and one of the homes at CAFI.

    ALONG the side of the river near St Livrade, there’s one road through a typical residential suburb with a small sign on the right that reads ‘CAFI’.

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  • Discovering bee hives in the woods

    IT was raining and a lDewongrassight mist hung in the air, with drops on the knee high grass and rain on the wild strawberries and along the bank that skirts the wood overhanging the chestnut grove. 

    But summer was still in the air.
    Catching sight of the low backed lorry stacked with yellow and white
    crates in a clearing, I approached, and the driver stepped down,
    happy to explain about his beehives or 'ruches'.

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  • The woodsman’s life in a French forest

    French-woods
    IMAGINE an 'office' within walking distance of home on an ancient site, first inhabited thousands of years ago.

    Imagine this is where you work flexitime, responsible for thousands, in spite of seasonal fluctuations.

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