Ten Weeks, One Carry-On: A Report at Seven Weeks. . .

  Listen, I have to tell you the truth. The present political context has left me a little less interested, a bit defensive perhaps, in posting on my travel wardrobe. I’m going to keep my…

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The Morning After. . .

 A dear friend, ex-neighbour, truly beautiful spirit of a wise woman, posted a Heart on her Facebook wall this morning, no accompanying text, just a message of love to the world. . . I saw…

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Apple Pie and Patience and Metamorphosis — Really! All in one Post!

Success! Or closer to, at least. And I thought you’d all like to be reassured that yes, she can bake an apple pie in a Bordeaux kitchen far from home.  Using a completely different recipe…

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Desire for a New Bag, Prune-Coloured.. . . Or?

We’re back in our Bordeaux rental now, where it will be good to sleep more than four nights in a row in the same bed, to have easy access to laundry facilities (we have a…

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this Morning, Trying to Blog

Even before this morning’s tragic news, I’ve been disinclined to move to the written word. Unwilling to attend to the impact of having our home listed online, of having a For Sale sign at our…

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