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Dad’s Story (Looking for Light)

I wanted to write stories for big kids like me. I wanted a story from a dad perspective. […]

December 10, 2020 Christmas, DIY, driving, Family, Home, Kids, Kidults, nonsense, stories, writing

Mr Duck Bill Platypus (who drove a shiny omnibus)

Been using this lockdown to continue my writings for kids and kidults. Here is my first offering Mr […]

March 31, 2020 Family, Fun, junk, Kids, Kidults, Poetry

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

Sand Castles and Lunar Exploration

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1) THE REAL REASON FOR GOING TO THE MOON It is a little known fact, but astronauts just […]

July 21, 2019 Culture, Family, Fun, Heritage, History, Holidays, Philosophy, seaside, summer, TRAVEL

Festive Fotos

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I don’t what Christmas is like in your house. Here are a few “homespun” clichés of Christmas chez-moi.

December 22, 2018 Christmas, Family, photography, Uncategorized

Floating Around With the Garlic Whale

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    Some unpublished Holiday memories   Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking […]

July 30, 2018 Culture, Family, France, Fun, Holidays, Life, photography, seaside, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized, writing

1968 AND ALL THAT

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Riot, revolt, rebellion, revolution – still difficult to qualify those happenings of May 1968 that the French still […]

May 1, 2018 1968, Ageing, Alcohol, Art, Family, France, French, gastronomy, Heritage, History, Holidays, Home, Money, nostalgia, Polaroid, Revolution, Time Travel, Uncategorized, underwear

It’s a Saturday Thing

Snug under the duvet, you open one eye and stare lazily at the world. Slowly wake up and […]

January 27, 2018 drifting, Ex-pat, Family, Home, Life, Saturday, Uncategorized, Weekend, Wine

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    • Bourges – My Accidental Place of Exile
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