Newspapers declare that time in Aquitaine has stopped. Unlike the other glorious seasons, winter here is on the whole mostly mud and comfortingly unremarkable. So we were unprepared for this unusually fierce cold snap; weeks of sub zero, broken pipes, snow that doesn’t melt, ice. Without salt or sand, we’re using cinders from the fireplace for traction on the driveway, but the hilly road is impassable. We hike through the woods to the village for bread. Wrapped in silence, over ice covered creeks, crossing animal tracks. From deeper in the brush comes a mysterious sound like faint elfish bells. […]
Daily Archives: February 9, 2012
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