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Festive Journeys

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Christmas used to be a true destination. A gaudy, magic, tinsel town. A place of glistening, snow-covered, candy […]

December 22, 2017 cheap hotels, Christmas, drifting, driving, Edgelands, Road trip, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Wonky Trees Virgin Births and Beardy Strangers

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So, when I was a kid, there was one pièce of sound advice drilled into me by mum […]

December 17, 2017 Christmas, Culture, faith

Sick Again

Seasonal tradition – the pre-festive flu   Body aching like I’ve been thrown several times against a wall. […]

December 6, 2017 Ageing, Cemetery, Christmas, Death, Health, Holidays, Life, TV, Weekend, 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

Festive French Stuffing

Christmas !!!!! Humbug and balderdash !!!!!! The Sunday before Christmas – the shops are open and the world has gone […]

December 21, 2015 Christmas, Cooking, Culture, Economy, Family, France, French, Heritage, Shopping

Resolutions and Revolutions

A good resolution, a life-changing revolution, resolving to do good deeds and when to take down your Christmas […]

December 30, 2014 Christmas, Culture, Religion, Sex, Work

The Inter Seasonal Neverland

Some nonsensical seasonal ramblings. Into the Light There was the pre festive frenzy; that mad magical mayhem the […]

December 30, 2014 Christmas, Death, France, Life, TRAVEL

Christmas Thoughts

Christmas Eve – it’s that reflective time between the shops closing and the start of the festivities – […]

December 24, 2014 Christmas

Christmas Stuff part One

Ever noticed that all the major newspapers and magazines over Christmas are written months before? When I worked […]

December 18, 2014 Christmas

1905 And All That – or – Jesus Mary Joseph, Vegetairains with Crew Cuts and Free Thinkers

Thoughts on the “F” Word and some seasonal religious rantings So, what’s in a creche? (Or Nativity scene) […]

December 14, 2014 Christmas, Culture, Education, Fashion, France, Fun, Heritage, History, Holidays, Philosophy, Religion, Teaching

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