A year ago the village scuttlebutt was all about what I like to call Poopgate. A neighbor with a garden had "cat turds" thrown into their garden and being the only house with cats, the blame was directed here. After being grilled about the cat girl's turds, I spoke with the next door neighbor...

Recently discovered there's a throuple who live down the street and the most surprising aspect of this is that the woman at the center of it all is the most unpleasant person around. I've always said hello to her and in return have received blank stares. Others here received similar. So strange!

For those who missed this news, it's certainly encouraging.

So many parasailers flying overhead today.

MTG comes out against Mar-a-Lago style gender-affirming care. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

Articles about Brigitte Bardot after her death on Sunday have referred to her far right sympathies, which supposedly emerged later in the film star's life. Here she is, though, in 1958 with Jean-Marie Le Pen and Pierre Lagaillarde, future founder of the extremist OAS terror group

I'll just drop this in here. Alt text might help, if required bsky.app/profile/leco...

Not being part of an extreme far right political party for 70+ years sounded easy to avoid, but apparently not. We're not talking about center-right where we can agree to disagree, but very far right where they denied the Holocaust and hate foreigners and anyone not like them.

(Almost) All "free speech" orgs are bigtory promotion organizations even if some occasionally pretend otherwise convincingly

Sleepy Don

Me, reading positive posts about the death of a well documented bigot.

Vibrant sunrise today. Clear skies so Corsica is in view again.

Blini is soaking in the sun for #Caturday.

Friend brought over some citrus (grapefruit, lemon and clementines) from his garden.

Another nice day so joined my Danish neighbors for a walk over the mountain to Gorbio. Made it back just as the sun set so no run ins with the wild boar. But I did see the bats who live in the old Maginot Line fortress.

The weather cooperated yesterday so ate outside for Christmas. The endive and citrus salad was really good!

She's had her Christmas oysters so now chilling out in Fort Mimo where there's some shade. She's surely warm!

Blini is wiped out and it's only noon.

In recent years I had fun playing Santa with the neighbors. The kids reached the age where they're not buying it anymore but in the past, they would leave for a few days (Christmas with their family elsewhere in France) and I would line up the Christmas gifts under their tree so they were waiting.

Citrus, kiwi and pomegranate ready to go, including the bergamot.

Christmas (and other big holidays) are often rough days for some, so be nice to others and be gentle even for those who seem to be grumpy or unpleasant today.

Merry Christmas everyone! Sun is returning so should be a pleasant day. Busy prepping since 6am and looking forward to hosting a neighbor who had her Christmas cancelled due to flu in her family. Be safe out there!

Erika Kirk is a liar (and schemer).

I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites

Over the border this morning for focaccia and noticed this pup who was very interested in everything behind the window. Lots of tail wagging each time something was picked up on the other side. It's possible he's had people food.

Great job by everyone who fell for the "we're free speech warriors" lies by the right and their supporters like Bari Weiss. They have never cared about your free speech, only theirs and whoever ignored that reality deserves a lifetime of shame. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Did the administration drag their feet on releasing this file so that it fell into a black hole when everyone is tuning out news and focusing on the holiday? Lots of news stories about him flying more than previously admitted but nothing yet on this very disturbing file.

Not sunny, but not raining. I always love the milky blue water following windy days.

Remember that only a small percentage of plastic polymers are being mechanically recycled (generating some microplastics); much of the rest of the EU’s plastic waste gets incinerated or shipped to poorer countries. Chemical recycling — also called “advanced recycling” — has its own set of problems.

LOL everyone had the same plan so the store was hectic. Clearly will be busier later but crazy busy compared to normal. After scanning everything I stuffed it into my bags and forgot to pay. The nice woman called out "excuse me, you still need to pay" as I was walking through security. 😵😬🥴😂

Waiting for the train, village in the distance up above.

Mimolette's castle, where she starts her day. Pretty sure it's because she's a bit groggy and avoiding any "random" early morning Blini attacks. They're friends, but still jealous of each other.

Early start today since I'm trying to finish grocery shopping for Christmas before the madness tomorrow. I'm on track to get to the Carrefour for the 8am opening, then hop on the bus back before the crowds arrive. The Carrefour in Monaco keeps throwing coupons at me to shop there & I'm all in.

FYI for anyone who used and loved the Food52 site, it's having problems and none of the recipes may survive. Private Equity has apparently fucked the company (as they so often do) and things are looking good. I found a lot of great stuff there so this sucks. www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/co...

Mimolette's whiskers are deceptively long, as if she's a big cat. In reality she's only 3.5 kilos. Small cat but big character.

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

Counterpoint: Public displays of fealty to the right are her whole job and the one thing she’s good at!

During this slow work period, it's the perfect time to unload all of the dead weight recruiters who you're connected with on Linkedin. If you haven't heard from them in 2025, you're just a number to them so unfollow them early and often.

Probably worth mentioning who the family supported during the 2024 election, including her husband who voted for the orange menace. They thought it would be the other people who would be harassed by ICE and they were ok with that.

I'm starting to think that hiring nepo babies of far rightwing billionaires might deliver bad results. Totally shocked

Obviously see the block M in the distance is a horror story on its own, but OMG that interior design may even be worse. Probably not since it's UM athletics but pretty bad. Who would pay that kind of money to live in that dreadful town?

Living near a vineyard not good for your health: "More than 1.7 million French schoolchildren face high 'pesticide pressure’ levels” from Le Monde this evening.

Hey guess who is nowhere in any of the photo drops?

I think “sausage”, “steak“, and “burger”, are shapes. The ingredients are irrelevant.

People like to think it's just the MAGA voters who have brains made out of rotted turnips but plenty of Dems are equally ignorant. They have no idea that millions of Americans live abroad and vote, mostly for Democrats. This type of clown also thinks that voters can't think for themselves. 🤡

Blini ready to go for #Caturday.

These *redactions* in the Epstein files are BULLSHIT. Lots of pix of Clinton, but just about everything else is blacked out. They're giving all of us a big "fuck you" with this shit. Where's the oversight? Are any non cult members involved? Wake up America. This is not ok. What can we do about it?

Annual reminder that no one owes you an explanation for a) why they're not drinking and b) why they're not spending the time at 'home' with family.

Even with everything that's going on in the US, I don't think Democrats appreciate how angry people are about what's going on. Listening to billionaire donors is the last thing the party should be doing, but well, that's who they listen to. They think it's just a matter of a few changes.

Consumer sentiment hitting a low not seen since the 1970s sounds...bad.