Monthly Archives: January 2025

Why greengages—and why wasps? Here’s my first Substack post. Owned by a small French hotel, known as ‘Les Oeillets,’ the orchard of greengages, surrounded by high walls, led down to a small blue door which opened out onto the bank of the river Marne. Greengages are called ‘Reines Claudes’ in French.  I fell under their spell—and […]