april – reasonable.
may – calm.
june – speed.
july – winding down.
get hot, get too close to the flame
wild, open space
talk like an open book
sign me up
got no time to take a picture
i’ll remember someday all the chances we took
we're so close to something better left unknown
things are revving up. you’re now houseless. but never homeless.
last year your biggest regret was leaving france on may 11th. you know you’ll regret leaving france again this year, but at the very least you are going to enjoy every spring and summer moment until that final date swings by.
stories – beautiful stories – will be told later.
today 
is gray.
some 
is added when parking cones are brought out to keep people away.
people need to stay away because today your host 
all the trees to make them look nice. he climbs. your job is to
the fallen branches.
all this happens on the grounds of a 
in the gironde.
then you have an afternoon 
you don’t have a 
or a 
but you do have healthy
so 
and 
later, you reach your destination.
the small town of blaye is 
for the wine as well as the 
there. but the only word in your head is 
to describe the state of your camera lens. 
you
for a few minutes at the right bank of the estuary and then head back to the farm.
for the
the big red balloon begins to set.
you want to stay. leave. 
leave. stay. leave. stay. leave. stay. leave. stay. leave. stay.
in the end you leave. but you promise to 
explanations, definitions, and translations:
at the farm, it also functions as a
because in today’s times it is impossible to make a living by being a 
the growing season is 
but there are still 
that one has to think about.
rather than using a 
to sell the meat, they prefer to sell directly to the public by being a 
which is like a restaurant except that the customers cannot choose the menu and they must reserve in advance.
the one staple on the menu is 
lamb’s meat. the ones they raise, 
there are still quite a few 
from the
sitting around that need to be used.
which leads to this 
served with a 
and of course some 
one thing you discover is 
you might think it is the same thing as 
but it isn’t – the difference is that doucette is 
and you cannot buy it. which means that yes, you were outside searching for and collecting these leafy greens. 
the other thing you’re surprised to be digging up is 
the best time to eat them is in the beginning of the season because later on they become too 
what you thought was just a wildflower is now one of your favorite salad greens – and also fitting names for the two horses.
naturally lunch involves a
along with a big bowl of
and of course agneau 
another meal, another day, involves 
and 
but also less economical 
it takes more time, so you’ll never see it for sale.
and – surprise! you also eat a 
one day as well, which you weren’t expecting at all for your wwoofing experience.
