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		<title>Three Inspirational Gardens in SW France</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last weekend was Rendez-vous aux jardins (National Gardens Weekend) in France, along with other European countries. Many gardens, both public and private, open their gates. They are always interesting, often inspiring. I love gardening, but I have had to adapt to the less-than-ideal conditions here. The soil is stony and poor and the climate harsh, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Discovering Najac’s Artworks, Ancient and Modern</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/05/25/discovering-najacs-artworks-ancient-and-modern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Najac is one of those places that it&#8217;s hard to stay away from. It has the most spectacular setting of any village close to us, which makes it a must for showing to visitors. The village sprawls along a ridge towards the 12th-13th century fortress. Although in ruins, the château is still an imposing building, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Merry Month of May</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/05/17/the-merry-month-of-may/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[choral singing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[« En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil » (In April, don’t remove your warm clothes). This well-used saying indicates that the weather can still be wintry in April. It’s often quoted on its own, but it has a second half, «&#160;En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît. » In other words, you can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Piecing Together a House’s History</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/04/26/piecing-together-a-houses-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent hiatus in posting is due to two things. First, the glorious weather has demanded that we attack the garden, sadly neglected at critical times last year owing to my eye operations. Second, we spent a delightful short week in Madrid in mid-April, enjoying the wonderful museums and art galleries of that vibrant city. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bringing a Wall Back to Life</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/03/28/bringing-a-wall-back-to-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you follow the blog, you might remember that Storm Nils blasted through Southwest France in February, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. We were lucky not to suffer much damage. Two trees fell down, which we have sawn up for firewood. The other casualty was a drystone wall behind the barn. When [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The French Local Elections: Exercising One’s Civic Duty</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/03/17/the-french-local-elections-exercising-ones-civic-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We did our civic duty on Sunday and voted in the local council elections (les municipales). As a British citizen, I cannot vote in France following Brexit. As a citizen of Ireland, I can vote in the municipal and European elections. Voting rights, especially for women, were hard won, so I consider it a duty [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saint-Cirq-Lapopie Revisited</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/03/11/saint-cirq-lapopie-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lot Valley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plus beaux villages de France]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a Plus Beau Village de France perched on a cliff with a commanding view over the Lot Valley. In the summer, its winding alleys and restored medieval buildings make it a tourist honeypot. Visitors throng the streets and the shops that sell pottery and foie gras. The cafés and restaurants squeeze as many [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Sun Returns to a Soggy Southwest France</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/02/28/the-sun-returns-to-a-soggy-southwest-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa in France]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How lovely it was to see the sun this past week after some of the worst weather we have experienced here in thirty years! It’s hard to find adjectives that adequately describe the weather during the preceding fortnight. Atrocious, appalling or diabolical just about hit the spot. We suffered torrential rain and hurricane force winds [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Would You Eat These French Foods?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa in France]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[French dishes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is the blog&#8217;s 16th birthday. When I started it, I had no idea that it would continue for so long, but France provides endless topics to write about. There are now 902 posts, and I hope that they provide a resource for people interested in Southwest France and life in France generally. Heartfelt thanks [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TV Characters, Pillars of the French Community</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/02/11/tv-characters-pillars-of-the-french-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Le Docteur Sylvestre]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We don’t watch TV much, partly because anything good on French TV is usually too late. Also, the channels often show three episodes of the same series back-to-back, so it’s 1am by the time the final credits roll. Streaming is beyond my limited electronic competence, so I remain firmly stuck in 20th-century viewing mode. We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Who Would Be a Mayor in France?</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/01/25/who-would-be-a-mayor-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[January is the month when politicians from the president to the village mayor present their vœux to their constituents. This traditional ceremony enables mayors to explain what the council has achieved during the previous year. This is also municipal election year, which occurs every six years, so the mayor may not use the ceremony to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cold Snap! France in Winter&#8217;s Grip</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2026/01/07/cold-snap-france-in-winters-grip/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa in France]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A very happy 2026 to all my readers. Thank you for following and for reading the blog. I missed Epiphany yesterday, which the French celebrate with their Galette des Rois. A trinket (fève) is baked inside, and whoever finds it becomes monarch for the day and wears a gold cardboard crown that comes with the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Life on La Lune French Christmas Crossword 2025: Solution</title>
		<link>https://lifeonlalune.com/2025/12/30/the-life-on-la-lune-french-christmas-crossword-2025-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[French Christmas quiz]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[However you chose to celebrate it, I hope you had a lovely Christmas. This year was definitely Noël au tison (by the embers, i.e. by the fire). The weather was grey and chilly. We even had sleet on Christmas morning, but no real snow. Only once in twenty-nine years have we had a white Christmas. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Life on La Lune French Christmas Crossword 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grateful thanks to everyone who has read the blog this year (including the hordes of Chinese &#8216;readers&#8217;, who are probably AI-training robots). I always enjoy our virtual conversations via the comments. The image on the card is our 18th-century barn, fresh from its roof makeover at the end of January. Here is my annual&#160;cadeau de [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Christmas in France: What Has Changed in Thirty Years?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa in France]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are about to spend our 29th Christmas in France. In all that time, we have been away only once for Christmas. Travelling at holiday time is never much fun, so why not stay at home and enjoy what France has to offer? I have written posts in the past about French Christmas customs (see [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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