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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

Pay Up!

Well, we’ve hollowed out the pumpkin to make the traditional Jack o’Lantern, we’ve got a huge bowl of […]

October 31, 2014 Death, Heritage, History, Life, Poetry, Religion, Shopping, Wine

My Treasures, Your Rubbish.

It’s that hard realisation. Your cherished possessions, your gadgets, your technological toys, your digital cameras, your i-pods, i-phones […]

October 26, 2014 Economy, Heritage, Life, Mobile homes, Shopping, TV

Goodbye My Old Friend

« Goodbye my old friend, » I whispered, gently patting him on the shoulder and then stroking his sleeve. I […]

October 25, 2014 Ageing, Culture, Death, Fashion, Heritage, History, Life, Music, Smoking

The Death of a Flip Flop

I have (with deepest sympathy and regret) just consigned my flip-flops to the dustbin. I appreciate that I […]

September 12, 2014 Death, Fashion, Gardening, Holidays, Life, TRAVEL

Parallel Universe

Back to work and …. It’s like the summer never happened. People still sitting the same way at […]

August 28, 2014 Life, Work

Watching THEM watching US.

Went to the zoo yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed it. My day of staring at animals staring back at […]

August 24, 2014 Health, Life, Philosophy, Shopping, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL

Save Your Holiday Crocodile

The Last Day of the Holidays I started with a case of carefully packed, freshly ironed and neatly […]

August 10, 2014 Culture, France, Holidays, Life, Tourism, TRAVEL

A Week With The Garlic Whale (and other beach memories)

Recent holiday memories – Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking for a place […]

August 10, 2014 Culture, France, Holidays, Life, Sex, Tourism, TRAVEL, Wine

HOLIDAYS. THE USEFULNESS AND PURPOSE OF.

I. Slave to the rhythm The purpose of a Holiday can be summed up in that well-worn cliché […]

July 24, 2014 Holidays, Life, Philosophy, TRAVEL

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