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The Measure of One’s Existence

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The measure of one’s existence. A freezing February day back in 1978, standing in a never-ending line of […]

December 20, 2019 Cinema, Life, Philosophy

Collage Comment

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Collage comment on last weeks days of future past.

December 15, 2019 Art, Brexit, Britain, Cooking, deepest france, France, French, politics, Work

By Jingo!

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«By jingo chaps, that’s a thumping good victory. Now we can forge ahead with Brexit and be free […]

December 13, 2019 Brexit, Britain, Culture, depression, Europe, Ex-pat, politics, rubbish

Progression Regression

Progression and regression. The faster we forge ahead the quicker we seem to fall behind. My impression of […]

December 13, 2019 Ageing, Brexit, Britain, France, French, History, politics, Time Travel, Work

Another Revolution?

More strikes, more demonstrations – this is France, but, it will all be over by Christmas. On Thursday […]

December 8, 2019 Christmas, Culture, Economy, Employement, France, French, Life, Paris, politics, Smoking, strike, Uncategorized, Work

Wonky Stories part three – The Reversible Fart Pants.

MORE OF BIG JIM’S INVENTIONS The third and final part of Wonky Jim stories THE REVERSIBLE FART PANTS. […]

December 8, 2019 Family, Fun, junk, Kids, stories, Uncategorized, writing

More Wonky Stories (Wonky – Part Two)

The second part of my recent scribblings for grown-up kids BIG JIM’S INVENTIONS There had been the bovine […]

December 8, 2019 Family, Fun, Home, junk, Kids, Life, stories, writing

Wonky – Part one (a story for kidults)

I was trying to write a book of stories for grown-up kids. I’ve got this far, so I’ll […]

December 8, 2019 Family, junk, Kids, Life, stories, Uncategorized, writing

Work in Progress

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Back on the collages. I decided to change era, here we are in 1930, collages from various ads […]

November 24, 2019 Art, collage

Random Sunday

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Like all good folks in small town France, Sunday morning is a trip down the dumpster and then […]

November 24, 2019 Art, Christmas, Cooking, drifting, Home, junk, photography, rubbish, Small town, sunday, Television

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