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For all the folks at number 34

Autumn , that time when I get a little nostalgic (morose) Can I say that «you are living in […]

September 30, 2016 Death, London, Philosophy, Time Travel

11/9

It happened on Sunday 9th September – my faithful old Macbook pro just decided to give up. Monday […]

September 30, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Autumn, Bourges, Culture, deepest france, Economy, Food, France, French, Life, Religion, Shopping, Small town, Teaching, TV, Weekend, Wine, Work

THE LONG SLOW HAUL or I NEED TO FIND A ROCK AND ROLL BAND

To start, a few words from Rod Stewart “Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say […]

August 28, 2016 Barbecue, Education, Employement, France

The Joys of Summer

Summer Sludge A Discourse on Shorts Summer Pleasures and Holiday Colours Summer is … A word on the […]

July 24, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Barbecue, Café, Culture, France, French, Fun, Holidays, Life, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather, Wine

Plaisirs d’été (good and bad at art)

Good or bad at art? Back in my school days – the dim and distant past, the criteria […]

July 24, 2016 Art, Holidays, summer, TRAVEL

The Colonel Comes to Town

Another long and lazy hot summer Sunday. This is the last day of this year’s Tour de France, […]

July 24, 2016 Bourges, Cooking, Culture, deepest france, Food, France, French, Life, Small town

Polaroid Collages

What o do on hot days when you are living out the heat in shuttered darkness – get […]

July 20, 2016 Art, drifting, summer

Looking for Luçay le Libre

C C Read More

After the events on Bastille Day in Nice, I decided to head off into the French countryside and […]

July 20, 2016 Café, countryside, Culture, Death, deepest france, drifting, driving, Economy, Environment, Farming, France, French, French Village, History, Life, Rural Life, summer, TRAVEL

Talking to the Boy Who Knew Too Much

Meeting Mika or Talking to “The Boy who knew too much”* Mika erupted onto the world’s musical stage […]

July 11, 2016 Bourges, France, French, Music, Rock 'n' Roll

Double Johnnies

He’s a national icon, as French as a Camembert cheese or the Eiffel Tower itself; Johnny Halliday is France, […]

July 11, 2016 Culture, Employement, France, Fun, Heritage, Paris, Retirement, Rock 'n' Roll, Work

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    • Bourges – My Accidental Place of Exile
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    • On The Edge of Nowhere
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    • Earning a Crust in Deepest France
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    • Weaving Wedding Dreams
    • Now The Music’s Over …
    • On The Fiddle In Bourges
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    • We’re All Bloody Tourists
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    • Lesson One – Merde en France
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    • Lesson Four – C’est con
    • Lesson Five – Je m’en fous
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