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Hello Toulouse

Hello Toulouse Part One – The Twilight Zone This ain’t the Bates Motel. This ain’t Bagdhad café ….. […]

November 8, 2015 Employement, Fishing, Food

Seasonal Pumpkin Brain Surgery

Here is a Halloween post full of the philosophical musings of an aging dad and plenty of spelling […]

October 30, 2015 Ageing, Autumn, Cooking, Death, Family, Food, Halloween, Heritage, History, Life, Uncategorized

Taking Tea with Satan

A chance encounter with Satan over a cup of tea. Just another normal day in small town France […]

October 29, 2015 Autumn, Christmas, Employement, Food, Life, Smoking

Of revolution and Global Warming.

Ah, the French summer is in full swing – the Tour de France and Bastille Day. There was […]

July 14, 2015 Barbecue, Culture, Food, France, Fun, Gardening, History, Holidays, Shopping, summer, Weather

Napoleon Wins Waterloo

As we prepare to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, I am pondering the […]

June 14, 2015 Culture, Education, Food, France, History, Holidays, language lessons, Military, politics, Tourism, Wine

Jammin’ and Getting Stoned.

Hey man! I’ve bin jamming all weekend. Cherry jammin’ or in proper English – the making of cherry […]

June 7, 2015 Cooking, Food, Gardening, Shopping, summer, Uncategorized

Back to Normal – (unfinished flag-waving thoughts)

Back too normal? We’re not all as « Charlie » as we were. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo […]

January 30, 2015 Culture, Food, France, French

A Public Day of (b)Re(a)st

It’s All Saints’ Day (or All Hallows’ Day as it is also referred to) – And what is […]

November 1, 2014 Culture, Death, Economy, Employement, Food, France, French, Holidays, Life, Weekend

Of Cheap Hotels, Romanian Builders and Potatoes

I was working away from home last week, down in the fair city of Toulouse. Home from home […]

July 12, 2014 Cooking, Food, language lessons, Life, Sex, Sport, TRAVEL

my street

Too hot to move; Don’t care, won’t care.  Late afternoon down my street in high summer temperatures. The […]

June 13, 2014 Death, Food, France, French, Holidays, TRAVEL

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