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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

A Shark’s Gotta Make a Living

« Hey, a guy’s gotta make a living, » I didn’t meet the fish guy, but this is probably what he […]

October 27, 2016 Bourges, driving, Economy, Employement, Fishing, France, French, Fun, Provincial France

Vital Vinyl

It is that time of year when the good folks in France clear out their attics, cupboards or […]

October 4, 2016 Culture, deepest france, Economy, French, French Village, History, Music, Philosophy, Revolution, Rock 'n' Roll, Rural Life, Shopping, Weekend

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

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

Anarchy in the UK or Is there Eurovision after Brexit?

Bored of the Brexit? YES – wall-to-wall news coverage of nothing else for the last week., and of […]

July 3, 2016 Brexit, Culture, Economy, Europe, Ex-pat, Heritage, History, Holidays, Music, Revolution, Rock 'n' Roll, Time 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

In The S***, Sex Friends and Fig In The Channel

Absent from the blog again. Two weeks away. Reasons? A spot of serious paid writing and a few […]

March 4, 2016 Culture, Economy, Employement, Europe, Farming, Food, France, French, Life, Money, politics, Sex, Small town

Festive French Stuffing

Christmas !!!!! Humbug and balderdash !!!!!! The Sunday before Christmas – the shops are open and the world has gone […]

December 21, 2015 Christmas, Cooking, Culture, Economy, Family, France, French, Heritage, Shopping

Monday Mourning and Steak and Chips

Mondays, I don’t mind Mondays. It is the start of a new week, the chance to renew and […]

November 23, 2015 Economy, Family, Food, France, French, Life, Work

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