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Is There Life On Mars(eille)?

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Not many sailors fighting in the dance hall, but there is certainly life in Marseille, France”s second city, […]

August 17, 2022 Beach, Bowie, Café, cheap hotels, Crime, Culture, drifting, Environment, France, Heritage, Landscapes, photography, Religion, Road trip, Saturday night, stories, street photography, summer, Travel writing, urban, Weather, writing

JESUS AND MARY DRIVE IN KITSCH

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What penniless priest of impecunious ministry has left these icons ? Broke Bishops and skint Vicars and Nuns […]

July 14, 2021 Bourges, drifting, Museum, photography, Religion, Shopping, Small town, street photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

Jesus Through a Filter.

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Hell hot Sunday afternoon. Out for a drive, stopped in a small village for a wander and nipped […]

August 6, 2019 Art, drifting, driving, French Village, photography, Religion, summer

Holy Fusion

Bread and wine We shall break bread. We shall drink wine. This is our holy fusion   COMMUNION We are […]

February 18, 2019 Alcohol, faith, love, Love story, Poetry, Religion, Sex, writing

The Educational supermarket

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What is happening in Britain ? Facebook is buzzing with friends who are tearing their hair out choosing primary […]

January 22, 2018 Education, Ex-pat, Family, France, French, Religion

Of Holy Farts and Sperm Whales

Of Holy Farts and Sperm Whales. I’m not a particularly religious person. Certainly not a regular church-goer, but […]

December 22, 2017 Bourges, Christmas, Culture, deepest france, faith, Family, France, Provincial France, Religion, Small town

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

OF RESOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONS

Possibly my last post about New Year (promise) A GOOD RESOLUTION, A LIFE-CHANGING REVOLUTION, RESOLVING TO DO GOOD […]

January 3, 2017 Christmas, Culture, faith, Life, New Year, Philosophy, Religion, Revolution, Stress, Uncategorized, Work

Do you have the French calendar reflex?

1st of January, you open up the calendar and see when the next public holidays fall and on […]

January 2, 2017 Britain, Culture, Employement, France, French, Holidays, Religion, Wine, Work

New Year Prayer

In a pre Christmas poll commissioned by the Catholic Church (surprise surprise) fewer French people than ever believe […]

December 31, 2016 faith, Philosophy, Religion

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