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When my computer beeped, a minute ago, I found that my surveillance camera had sent me a nice photo of my neighbor Jackie bringing back a ...

For a long time, Moshé (who’s over 20 years old) was the only donkey at Gamone. Today, on the contrary, he has no less than seven donkey c...

This morning, Choranche received the first autumn snow. (Winter won’t start, of course, before a month’s time.) And the view from m...

A few months ago, I deliberately refrained from indicating on my blog that my young female donkey Fanette had suddenly died. At the time, ...

The day before yesterday, as I was about to set out on my usual early-morning stroll with Fitzroy , I was alarmed by a strident donkey bray ...

Yesterday afternoon, when giving my donkeys a bunch of fresh thistles (their caviar), I was suddenly alarmed by the physical appearance of F...

I don't usually purchase hay for the donkeys at this time of the year. But my neighbor Jackie took advantage of the fact that farmers a...

A few days ago, a bit of half-hearted barking by Fitzroy informed me that something slightly irregular was happening at Gamone. When I rush...

Grass is great for cows, but donkeys prefer by far the fresh leaves and delicate blossoms of plum trees. A tempest has been blowing at...

This is the first group photo I've ever succeeded in taking of all the five donkeys of Gamone. From left to right: Fanette , Moshé...

This afternoon, I installed new plastic feed buckets for Moshé and Fanette . I purchased these buckets through the Internet, since th...

The state of the donkeys' fur is like a natural barometer indicating that winter is not far away. In the following photo, Moshé ...

This morning, I started to burn some of the dead wood that has been lying around for ages down in the donkeys' paddock. An hour later, I...

In 1987, on the sunny sidewalks of Fremantle (Western Australia), we often used to run into the mayor John Cattalini , who had the habit of ...

At Gamone (and in most other places in France, I imagine), we're right in the middle of the dandelion season. That's to say, the slo...

In an earlier life, at an epoch designated communally by archaeologists as BF [ B EFORE F ITZROY ], this excavated textile specimen was no...

Yesterday, I told my Welsh friend Will —seen in the following photo at Gamone with his pair of splendid friends—that it was time for me to t...