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The Leaf, the Witch and the Hedgehog (A “neighborly” autumn tale)

The old lady across the road stares at me with autumn acrimony, holding me in her leafy gaze […]

October 29, 2017 Ageing, Autumn, Bourges, Environment, Gardening, Halloween, Life, Small town, Weather, Weekend

Heading Home (Looking for lunch)

Heading home after a walk in the woods, entering Bourges from the north east through the Edgelands – […]

October 28, 2017 Art, Autumn, Bourges, Culture, deepest france, DIY, drifting, driving, driving home, Life, Motoring, photography, Provincial France, Shopping, Small town, TRAVEL

Autumn Drive

When it feels like my small town is getting smaller, there is only one solution – ESCAPE – […]

October 22, 2017 Boats, countryside, deepest france, drifting, driving, France, French, French Village, Life, Motoring, Provincial France, Sancerre, Small town, St Satur, The Loire, Tourism, TRAVEL, vines, Wine

Running Down A Dream

So this is a kind of rambling post about my clichéd American dream in the light of recent […]

October 8, 2017 drifting, driving home, Ex-pat, Film, Ghosts, Life, Mobile homes, Motoring, Rock 'n' Roll, Small town, Time Travel, Uncategorized, Work

Walking Paris in the Walker Evans spirit

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It all started in the summer of 2003, with breakfast on a cross Channel ferry, plying that grey […]

July 15, 2017 Culture, France, Life, Paris, photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

French Nationality and the Norman Yoke

It was the standard government bad news envelope – « Republique Française » stamped high up in the left hand […]

July 12, 2017 Brexit, Britain, Culture, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Heritage, History, Life, nationality, Religion, Revolution, Work

On the Run in the Edgelands

The Edgelands – that parallel peripheral sub world that marks the transition from civilization to nowhere, from riches […]

July 9, 2017 Art, Bourges, Culture, Death, drifting, Economy, Environment, French, Life, photography, Provincial France, Shopping, TRAVEL

Road Movie Biker Wanderlust and Swedish Furniture

Unstructured ramblings on over 50’s wanderlust, Swedish furniture and sympathies for all you poor bastards with hybrid cars […]

May 2, 2017 Ageing, countryside, Culture, DIY, drifting, driving, driving home, France, French, Life, Philosophy, Retirement, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, Small town, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Presidential Crystal Ball gazing

After 26 years living in France, I can confirm that joie de vivre is not a French thing […]

April 30, 2017 Employement, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Hangover, History, Life, Military, Paris, Pesidential Election, politics, TERRORISM

PTSkiD or Getting Off a Mountainside with Fred and Ginger and Nancy

SLIP SLIDING AWAY Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re […]

February 26, 2017 deepest france, France, Fun, Holidays, Life, Music, Philosophy, ski, Sport, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather

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