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Beyond The Wire.

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Camera’s been on the back seat of the car all week – a few clichés of my smalltown […]

February 3, 2018 Art, Bourges, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, photography, Provincial France, Small town, TRAVEL, Weather, Weekend

After The Deluge

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Days of rain. Local rivers have burst their banks, the town’s market gardens and allotments are flooded. Growers […]

January 12, 2018 Bourges, France, Gardening, Small town, Weather

Red white and blue and blue white and red

This year that I am French Is nationality a pièce of paper or a state of mind ?– as […]

January 7, 2018 Brexit, Britain, Culture, deepest france, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Heritage, Life, nationality, Provincial France, Small town, Weather, Work

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

Teenage Moonage or (How a song came to be written)

« I had a teenage dream, On moonage days, I’d be a freak out far out, In a purple haze, Cruising […]

November 19, 2017 Ageing, Art, Culture, drifting, Ghosts, Life, lyrics, Poetry, Rock 'n' Roll, Saturday night, Small town

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

Small Day Hot Town Blues- No Road Trip this Summer

“I got those small day hot town blues baby …” Yep, temperatures are starting to soar again on […]

July 29, 2017 Art, Bourges, Culture, deepest france, drifting, Holidays, photography, Small town, summer, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, Weather

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