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Category Archive: Death

Pea Soup and Sacrifice (and shopping)

PEA SOUP « F*** me, it’s a real pea souper this morning. Can’t even hardly see to the end […]

November 13, 2016 Autumn, Bourges, Cemetery, Christmas, Culture, Death, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, Food, France, French, Halloween, Holidays, Life, Military, Paris, Shopping, Weather

Breakfast With(out) Donald

  It’s that Saturday morning thing – catching up on neglected household chores,the dirty washing piling up and […]

November 12, 2016 Bourges, Brexit, Death, deepest france, drifting, Food, France, French, Gardening, Life, Music, politics, Religion, Shopping, Uncategorized

A Few Ghostly Thoughts.

No ghosts? Not even a fleeting phantom? Not even the slightest errant soul? The tour guide shakes her […]

October 31, 2016 Culture, Death, France, French, Ghosts, Halloween, History, Religion

Seasonal Pumpkin Brain Surgery

Here is a Halloween post full of the philosophical musings of an aging dad. Enjoy and Happy Halloween. […]

October 31, 2016 Autumn, Culture, Death, Family, Food, France, French, Halloween, Philosophy

Looking For the Cheap Sweets

‘Tis a time to venture into those dark, forgotten places in search of long lost treasures. ‘Tis time […]

October 31, 2016 Autumn, Death, Food, France, French, Halloween, History

Timely Writing

Pressed for time recently, I have had no time for that activity I always try to make time […]

October 27, 2016 Ageing, Death, Time Travel, Uncategorized

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

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

Up a Nun’s Fanny (with no lubricant)

To all would-be writers. Beware of overusing and abusing the alliterative device. The machine-gun like overdeployment of too […]

June 17, 2016 Culture, Death, Economy, Employement, Farming, France, French, politics, Religion, Revolution, Wine

Days

The festive frolics over: the magic of Christmas melted away faster than a snowball in a microwave oven. […]

January 5, 2016 Café, Christmas, Death, France, French, Small town, TERRORISM

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