Crafts and Life

Crush Week in Nouvelle Vie is a madhouse—in a good way. Tourists pour into town for the pressing of the Napa Valley’s world-renowned grapes and all the town’s businesses get a nice lift, including Bistro and Maison Rousseau. Mimi is raising the ante this year with a Sweet Treats Festival,…

Breakfast Lunch – Veggie quarter pounder with new pots and veg Dinner – Veggie curry and rice Snacks – mini cheddars! Supper – cheese sarnie Drinks – water (500 ml) x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 1, cider x 7, red wine (eeeps!) Hmm again up at 10.00…

Breakfast Lunch – egg sandwich Dinner – Veggie curry and rice Snacks Supper – cheese sarnie Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 1, Tea with milk (400 ml) x 7 Up just gone 10.00 again (roll on Monday, more to the point Tuesday when the B12 should be working again!),…

It’s always been Mimi Rousseau’s dream to open her own bistro, but it seems beyond her grasp since she’s been chased back home to Nouvelle Vie in Napa Valley by her late husband’s tremendous debt. Until her best friend Jorianne James introduces her to entrepreneur Bryan Baker who invests in…

Annie Fisher can’t believe she’s at her father’s funeral. A freak accident has changed the course of her family’s life forever, but little does she know that a secret from his past is about to make things even more complicated when another body is discovered just after Roy’s funeral. Wanting…

Breakfast Lunch – egg salad Dinner – Pasta and veggie ragu Snacks – cheese sandwich Supper – cheese sandwich Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 6, red wine (oops!) Up later than I would like again, but I am UP and dressed, tablets…

When Sydney Bonner overhears a fellow mah jongg player arguing on the phone with her husband, she realizes the couple’s “perfect marriage” isn’t all it appears to be. A few days later, the husband is found dead, his head bashed in. Fearing she’ll be considered the most likely suspect, the…

After calling Ireland home for six months, Boston expat Maura Donovan still has a lot to learn about Irish ways—and Sullivan’s Pub is her classroom. Maura didn’t only inherit a business, she inherited a tight-knit community. And when a tragedy strikes, it’s the talk of the pub. A local farmer,…

Breakfast Lunch – Veggie quarter pounder, chips and veg Dinner – Veggie ragu and pasta Snacks Supper – cheese sandwich Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 6, Cider (imperial pint) x 2 Crawled out of bed at 10.00! Looks like the B12 has…

Breakfast Lunch – egg salad Dinner Pasta and veggie pasta sauce   Snacks – bread and marmalade Supper – cheese and Ryvita Drinks – 500 ml water x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 5 Up a little earlier than yesterday, but by the time I was showered, dressed…