Reading Sebald in Bordeaux
St George slays the dragon on the front façade of Eglise St. Croix here in Bordeaux. I was pleased to come across the sculpture just after I began reading W.G Sebald’s remarkable long prose poem,…
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Saturday Morning in Bordeaux
I try to hide my impatience when Pater finally comes downstairs for tea, more than two hours after dawn reached through the skylight to tickle me awake and send me tiptoeing out of the bedroom.…
View PostIf you go Down to the Woods Today
We spotted this fellow in the woods last weekend while on a 12kilometre randonnée near St. Galmier. Apparently there had been a scarecrow contest, and the various entries were distributed along the way. I would…
View PostProof Negative!
I’ll show you what I mean whenI grouse a bit about the weather, and this is after a Monday night storm, and a wet, grey, windy Tuesday and Wednesday. Here is the next few days’…
View PostEven in France, Life's Ups and Downs . . .
In all fairness, I must tell you that all is not wine and cycling and long walks in the sunshine here. Gloom has prevailed the last couple of days, and more is predicted. Above, Pater…
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