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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

Up through the vines

Blue skies, brilliant sunshine, crisp and invigorating cold, a hint of frost on the ground – a perfect […]

December 4, 2016 canals, countryside, deepest france, drifting, driving, Farming, France, French, Ghosts, Motoring, Rural Life, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather, Wine

Pea Soup and Sacrifice (and shopping)

PEA SOUP « F*** me, it’s a real pea souper this morning. Can’t even hardly see to the end […]

November 13, 2016 Autumn, Bourges, Cemetery, Christmas, Culture, Death, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, Food, France, French, Halloween, Holidays, Life, Military, Paris, Shopping, Weather

The Joys of Summer

Summer Sludge A Discourse on Shorts Summer Pleasures and Holiday Colours Summer is … A word on the […]

July 24, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Barbecue, Café, Culture, France, French, Fun, Holidays, Life, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather, Wine

Forgetting those Summer Daze.

Those sure signs that summer is finally here – those iconic, traditional events, local and national, marking the […]

July 7, 2016 Bourges, Christmas, Family, Food, France, French, Holidays, Life, summer, Weather

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

The Gardener (Up to the compost heap in the snow.)

« What a drag it is getting old. » The opening line of the Rolling Stones song; “Mother’s Little Helper”. […]

January 18, 2016 Ageing, Gardening, Health, Life, Weather

Why They Don’t Burn Guys in France

Of Christmas Lights and Flip Flops An unseasonably warm late autumn weekend in small-town France – a brief […]

November 8, 2015 Café, Christmas, France, French, Heritage, History, Military, Paris, Religion, summer, TERRORISM, Weather, Weekend

Of Elephants and Autumn Leaves

I love a good elephant joke, though considering the current plight of the poor pachyderm very soon there […]

October 27, 2015 Autumn, Gardening, Philosophy, Spring, Weather

Thoughts on Holidays in the Vendée or Sitting In An Aquarium as the Good Lord Mocketh

After crossing a creative desert, an encouter with the Messiah in a traffic jam during a deluge has […]

August 22, 2015 Autumn, France, Holidays, Motoring, Religion, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather

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