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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BAD GUYS GONE? (reprise)

I posted the first version of this a couple of days back. I guess this is the final […]

June 17, 2022 Culture, depression, drifting, Edgelands, Environment, Ghosts, Hangover, Landscapes, Life, nostalgia, Road trip, Small town, Smoking, stories, summer, Time Travel, Weather, writing

Dancing In The Streets

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Back to the world and how it was before. Street festivals are back down my street . Here […]

November 7, 2021 photography, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Saturday, Smoking, street photography

Julie Andrews and Bamboo Underwear and Non Essentials

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Is this as good as it gets in the afterlife??? On-line shopping for underwear. We’re in the middle […]

April 14, 2021 Covid, Death, depression, Health, Home, Shopping, Smoking, Wine, writing

Summer Places – Smoke break

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Starting a series of photos of those summer places I have drifted in France over the thirty years […]

July 24, 2020 Art, drifting, Life, photography, Smoking

Something for the Smokers

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Cigarette advertising – great thing for 60’s themed-collages. Here are a couple for the smokers out there.   […]

March 1, 2020 1960s, Art, collage, France, nostalgia, photography, Sixties, Smoking, Time Travel

Another Revolution?

More strikes, more demonstrations – this is France, but, it will all be over by Christmas. On Thursday […]

December 8, 2019 Christmas, Culture, Economy, Employement, France, French, Life, Paris, politics, Smoking, strike, Uncategorized, Work

Messing Around With Vintage

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A way with words, but away from words and messing around with pictures. Vintage adverts from old magazines […]

February 14, 2019 Art, collage, nostalgia, photography, Smoking, Time Travel

What Beanz Meanz

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In search of photographic inspiration – and inspiration lurks everywhere, even at the back if the fridge and […]

October 6, 2018 Art, Culture, Food, gastronomy, photography, Smoking

MAN 68

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Looking back through old adverts from May 1968. Here are a few of those ads you could have […]

May 1, 2018 1968, Alcohol, Culture, DIY, France, French, Gardening, Heritage, History, Home improvement, Life, nostalgia, Revolution, Smoking, Time Travel, Uncategorized, underwear, Weekend

Rock In Spring and Thoughts on Bands

A Sunday morning stroll down the supermarket. God might give us this day our daily bread, but he […]

April 10, 2016 Barbecue, Bourges, Café, Culture, France, French, Life, Military, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, Small town, Smoking, Spring, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather

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