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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

Of War Service and Jigsaw Puzzles and what we tell our kids

More of my unchecked weekly ramblings.  What we tell our kids about ourselves. What we choose to tell […]

June 8, 2014 Ageing, Death, Education, France, French, Heritage, History, Life, Military, Philosophy

Nostalgia

2014, a year of anniversaries – the D Day landings, the outbreak of the First World War – […]

June 8, 2014 Fashion, France, Heritage, History, Military, Paris, Shopping

Cherry Happy

Within his mysterious ways and his infinite wisdom, the Good Lord has granted me two enormous cherry trees […]

June 2, 2014 Cooking, Food, France, Gardening, Philosophy

St Pancras Day

It is St pancras Day. (May 12th) And just who is (or who was) St Pancras? A popular […]

May 12, 2014 France, TRAVEL

Of Wars, Toilets, Song Contests and Bearded Sausages – Welcome to Europe.

European harmony – all the nations of Europe singing to the same tune. It was Prince Klemens Wenzel […]

May 12, 2014 France, French, Heritage, History, Life, Military, Philosophy, Toilets, TRAVEL

Teachers, Prostitutes, Librarians and Chinese Doctors

Ah, how I year for those bygone, distant glory days when teachers were feared and respected by their […]

January 12, 2014 Education, Employement, France, Teaching

Is François Hollande the New Rocco Siffredi?

A whiff of shock and scandal in French politics – François Hollande, our lack lustre leader is having […]

January 12, 2014 France, Life, politics, Sex

The Land of Milk and …

Most would agree that France isn’t quite the land of milk and honey at the moment, however to […]

January 9, 2014 France, French, Life, Paris, politics, Wine

Beg borrow or barter. Be mean and green in 2014

New year, new trends and the trend for 2014 in France is sharing and downsizing. Clothing, food, furniture, […]

January 5, 2014 Culture, Food, France, Life, Shopping

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