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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BAD GUYS GONE? (reprise)

I posted the first version of this a couple of days back. I guess this is the final […]

June 17, 2022 Culture, depression, drifting, Edgelands, Environment, Ghosts, Hangover, Landscapes, Life, nostalgia, Road trip, Small town, Smoking, stories, summer, Time Travel, Weather, writing

Behind the Wall

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This isn’t East Berlin. For stark Cold War style clichés, I just take a stroll down my street. […]

November 23, 2021 black and white photography, Bourges, depression, drifting, France, Landscapes, photography, street photography

Julie Andrews and Bamboo Underwear and Non Essentials

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Is this as good as it gets in the afterlife??? On-line shopping for underwear. We’re in the middle […]

April 14, 2021 Covid, Death, depression, Health, Home, Shopping, Smoking, Wine, writing

FROM THE HEART

The Long Read WHO CHOSE THE PAINT SCHEME? Slowly opening one eye and gazing at an unfamiliar yellow […]

March 11, 2021 Covid, Death, depression, drifting, faith, Family, Ghosts, Health, Home, Landscapes, Love story, Motoring, nonsense, Philosophy, Road trip, stories, Therapy, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized

Going Back To Where I’ve Never Been Before

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My memory has wiped itself clean. “Don’t you remember?” asks my wife “You don’t remember that!” adds my […]

January 2, 2021 Death, depression, Life, nonsense, Philosophy, rubbish

Walk In The Park

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Too cold to go barefoot, but we went a New Year’s walk in the park. Nothing central to […]

January 2, 2021 Bourges, depression, Landscapes, New Year, photography, Small town, stories

Free Falling – More Summer Places

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Staying home after my heart attack. Can’t travel, won’t travel. Delving into my photo archives. A few more […]

August 12, 2020 Art, Bourges, Cannes, countryside, Culture, deepest france, depression, drifting, Edgelands, France, Holidays, Landscapes, photography, Road trip, Rural Life, Small town, summer, TRAVEL, urban

Corona Words

The world has gone mad.  Media-fuelled panic on Corona virus creating public fear and leading governments across the […]

March 15, 2020 depression, France, French, Health, Museum, Paris, Shopping, Television, Uncategorized, Wine

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

Doldrums

  It’s the dead doldrums of an indifferent comfort zone. You can’t say it’s bad ‘cos everything is […]

May 12, 2019 depression, writing
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