After an exquisite week with the home filled with three generations blended in collectively, I am lastly sitting down and pulling collectively my ideas and concepts for this 12 months’s finish and hopefully a cheerful new 12 months for all of us.
Do you continue to make New Yr’s resolutions? I am sorry to say that I do not. Name it laziness, name it lack of willpower or just me being sensible about what I’m able to sticking too!
There was a time after I would declare resolutions to “stroll each morning earlier than breakfast”, or “hand over wine” or “surrender desserts” and every useless promise would final a sizzling minute. At my age it is extra dignified to be pragmatic, do not you suppose?
So this can be a resolution-free zone, however I do at the very least love to make use of these final days of the 12 months to mirror, to take inventory and to plan for the months forward.
On a private stage, and having simply spent a reasonably boisterous Christmas with the entire household, together with our first grandchild, I’m decided to see extra of everybody in the course of the 12 months forward. I’m so glad to see the mutual love and encouragement that abounded right here. I believe we would all agree {that a} household is not made for judgment or competitors, there’s sufficient of that elsewhere. A household is made for honesty, for assist, for serving to to thrash by way of concepts and for cheering one another on when instances get much less straightforward. And largely for having enjoyable collectively.
So far as my home right here goes, I’ve some thrilling tasks within the backyard for subsequent 12 months, and we’ll quickly be planting some new options. I’m grateful to Philippe Dubreuil for his beneficiant and well timed recommendation.
And right here at MFCH, we’re taking inventory of the 12 months behind us, and feeling extraordinarily lucky and grateful for our superb readers, subscribers, shoppers and company. With out your enthusiasm, your customized and your assist, our work right here can be pointless. Un grand merci!
The MFCH Staff has seen some adjustments this 12 months. We waved farewell and Merci to Alice and Ally who’ve labored on the journal because it was launched, and we welcomed two new writers, Nicola and Maddy; in addition to Ani and Olivia.
Sarah nonetheless manages the Field and Boutique, and Natalie takes care of the journal buyer care, and likewise liaises with our tour shoppers.
I’m grateful for this small dynamic staff, and searching ahead to being courageous on new adventures collectively within the 12 months to come back.
The MCH Journal
Our journal subscribers within the USA will hopefully discover that their copies arrive extra shortly this 12 months. Now we have modified our printer to at least one with a extra centralized transport hub, and it looks as if most of our common subscribers obtained their January subject earlier than Christmas. We even have some jaw-dropping content material for the 2023 editions, and I am unable to wait so that you can see the pictures.
The MCH Excursions
In 2022 we created a brand new MFCH Tour to Dordogne and likewise welcomed company to Provence, Normandy and Paris. For 2023 we return to Provence, we go to Dordogne and we herald a brand new tour to the Loire Valley, in addition to inviting company to new locations in Normandy.
I’m notably excited to have Lucy Hunter with us for 2 of our excursions in 2023, and he or she will probably be sharing her floral magic with me and our small group of shoppers as we keep in a chateau in Provence and in Normandy.
The MFCH Field & Boutique
In February our first MFCH Field of the 12 months will probably be very particular. Now we have invited photographer, creator and artist Jamie Beck to curate the February field and we won’t wait to share her choice with you, together with the theme An American In Provence!
For the approaching 12 months, now we have some very thrilling new manufacturers and merchandise lined up for the Packing containers but in addition for our on-line Boutique. We’ll be working common giveaways in the course of the 12 months, and introducing our shoppers to the easiest of France.
New for 2023 – MFCH Journey
And our massive information initially of the 12 months will probably be our new MFCH Journey part. We all know that not everyone seems to be in search of a bunch tour, however that lots of people would love a hand creating their very own journeys to France, and we’re right here to assist. I will carry you all the main points in January, so watch this area.
In February 2023 I will have fun the thirteenth birthday of My French Nation Residence. MFCH will probably be an adolescent! It began out as a easy weblog, churned out on a steam-driven laptop, and I had no concept that the weblog would result in books, {a magazine}, a field and excursions. That is solely due to you!
To you our readers, our followers and our shoppers, we want you a really Completely happy New Yr, and peace and laughter within the twelve months forward. Keep protected, be nicely and see you subsequent 12 months!