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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 Pick Up / Sunny Sony

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It’s the hottest f***ing day of the whole summer. Cars are melting tires first into the melting tarmac […]

August 12, 2020 Art, Bourges, Edgelands, Fashion, France, photography, Provincial France, Small town, summer

Going Nutty For a Big Spread

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“Attention, danger, favorise l’obésité”. Danger this product can make you fat! That is the health warning printed on […]

January 26, 2018 Food, France, French, Health, Shopping, Uncategorized

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

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

Of Poops and Pensions

The joys of being 50 – realising that you have more behind and less in front (talking in […]

November 21, 2015 Death, France, French, Health, language lessons, Philosophy, Retirement, Teaching, Toilets

(NO) Sunday Shopping à la Française

Boring boring boring small town Sunday ! Grey, cold damp and boring, because small town Sundays are always […]

December 14, 2014 Culture, Economy, France, French, Paris, Shopping

A Public Day of (b)Re(a)st

It’s All Saints’ Day (or All Hallows’ Day as it is also referred to) – And what is […]

November 1, 2014 Culture, Death, Economy, Employement, Food, France, French, Holidays, Life, Weekend

Don’t Arrest the Mother Superior.

So, what is your employer’s stance on religion in the workplace ?  Do employees get time off work to […]

January 7, 2014 politics, Religion, Shopping, Wine

Shopping Thoughts

A few (unfinished) weekend shopping thoughts. When – Saturday morning Where – Supermarket car park Struggling to wrench […]

October 5, 2013 Shopping, Uncategorized, Weekend

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