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Floating Around With the Garlic Whale

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    Some unpublished Holiday memories   Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking […]

July 30, 2018 Culture, Family, France, Fun, Holidays, Life, photography, seaside, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized, writing

Get On The Bus

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Trying to book a sumer holiday On this soggy, sub zero day, I am looking for adventure – […]

February 10, 2018 drifting, driving, Europe, France, Holidays, Money, Motoring, Road trip, Stress, summer, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, underwear, Work

Get (Dis)Connected or Turn Off and Drop Out

Turn on Tune in Drop out The iconic 60s phrase, coined by writer and psychologist, Timothy O’Leary. Since […]

January 3, 2017 Employement, France, French, Holidays, politics, Stress, 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

The Worst Sunday Of The Year

‘Tis the worst Sunday of the year – that last drab, depressing and doom laden dominical limbo before […]

January 1, 2017 back to school, Education, Employement, Family, New Year, school, Stress, Work

School Days

So, there was my daughter, standing beside the front door, a huge smile on her face, clutching, her […]

June 3, 2016 Ageing, Education, school, Stress, Teaching

Missing the Plot/Vacuuming the Garage Door/God Doesn’t Deliver Bread on Sundays.

« Another pleasant valley Sunday, » as was harmoniously warbled by the Monkees back in the sixties – all the […]

July 26, 2015 Ageing, Home improvement, Stress, Uncategorized, Weather, Weekend

Drifting

Drifting into a book like drifting into summer. It wasn’t a conscious choice; there I was, drifting around […]

July 12, 2015 Death, France, Life, Paris, photography, Stress, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Twisted First Day Work Thoughts

Monday 1st September – first day back at work for many French people. Some first day back thoughts […]

August 31, 2014 France, Stress, 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

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