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The Joys of Summer

Summer Sludge A Discourse on Shorts Summer Pleasures and Holiday Colours Summer is … A word on the […]

July 24, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Barbecue, Café, Culture, France, French, Fun, Holidays, Life, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather, Wine

The Colonel Comes to Town

Another long and lazy hot summer Sunday. This is the last day of this year’s Tour de France, […]

July 24, 2016 Bourges, Cooking, Culture, deepest france, Food, France, French, Life, Small town

Looking for Luçay le Libre

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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

Talking to the Boy Who Knew Too Much

Meeting Mika or Talking to “The Boy who knew too much”* Mika erupted onto the world’s musical stage […]

July 11, 2016 Bourges, France, French, Music, Rock 'n' Roll

Forgetting those Summer Daze.

Those sure signs that summer is finally here – those iconic, traditional events, local and national, marking the […]

July 7, 2016 Bourges, Christmas, Family, Food, France, French, Holidays, Life, summer, Weather

What I will NOT miss about school (now that my daughter has left)

“School’s out for summer” sang the Coop, but “School’s out forever” for some kids, including my daughter, who […]

July 7, 2016 Education, Family, France, French, Life, school, summer

Hats Off to Happy Chatty Civil Servants.

So, my offspring is eighteen, that age at which I said I would enquire into getting her British […]

June 30, 2016 administration, Brexit, Culture, Europe, Ex-pat, Family, France, French, Heritage, Life, nationality, Uncategorized

Hats Off to Happy Chatty Civil Servants.

So, my offspring is eighteen, that age at which I said I would enquire into getting her British […]

June 30, 2016 administration, Culture, Europe, Ex-pat, Family, France, French, Heritage

Gentlemen and Hooligans

Gentlemen and Hooligans Or Unstructured Thoughts on a Very British Exit 23 June 2016 Britain votes to leave […]

June 25, 2016 Brexit, Culture, Employement, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Health, Heritage, History, London, nationality, Religion, Revolution, TERRORISM, Time Travel, Uncategorized, Work

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

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