Aici sèn pla

This blog started as a daily record to mark our fifth year at Segala. Daily it did not turn out to be but after the year I have decided to continue as an occasional diary - after all I do still like it here or "aici sen pla".


Its our fifth year living at Segala. I have decided to try to mark this year with a daily post ( some days it will be just a photo) of our life over the year. I have trawled my brain for witty titles without success then I remembered the slogan on the T shirts at the fête in Espinas in the summer.


A friend translated it from the occitan for us. It seems to mean something along the lines of I like it here. Very apt for us, "I like it here " is a refrain we use to each other at least daily so that's the plan - Aici sén pla - a year of daily musings from a contented retired expat who thinks herself damned lucky every single day.


Tuesday, 17 September 2019

events and now for "le rentrée"

Yep it has been an eventful summer as always, very busy , lots of guests, lots of music gigs. This year also very very hot.

September is always a month of mixed emotions - the summer coming to an end, visitors departing, weather cooling - but it is also when all of our clubs get going again.

OOP s - what happened there then - suddenly I find myself president of my patchwork group ! Three years back I volunteered to help on the committee, this year resignations of long serving president and secretary meant the club was in real jeopardy, no - one wanted to take on the responsibility. Then there was me!

Since 2013 Starpatch has become very important in my life - through it I have found a new passion in my patchwork. Scary but I could not refuse to do what I could. I hope I can do the role of president justice - I am elected for a term of 3 years at the end of which according to our constitution we will stage our next exhibition. So far so good - people seem to be responding with some signs of motivation. Over the summer I have done some workshops which have been well received  - fingers and toes crossed we can move on.
Some results of summer " convergence" workshops