A Band Aid For Ebola
It’s a sad rendition of a song I never liked. I listened to it on YouTube when all the hoo-hah about the…
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You Can’t Beat Christmas With Your Own Kind
Boy am I glad to be heading back to London for Christmas. Last year I spent Christmas in Seville, not really through…
Read more →Celebrating The Holidays At Home …Or At Home
As I sit here in Northern Europe on the fourth Thursday in November, I’m scrolling through the many social media postings that…
Read more →Christmas In The Morvan
It’s official: Christmas is coming to the Morvan. The Morvan? Think of the Yorkshire Dales, but with better roads and less hype.…
Read more →A Month In The Life Of An English Writer In Tuscany – October Reflections
The continuing adventures of June Finnigan, her Man, and Farty Barty the cat. Benvenuti to all my Loyal and New Followers Here…
Read more →South Africa Diaries: Part 5 – Langebaan Here We Come Penguin Wake-up Call
No need for alarm clocks here. Inquisitive penguins were playing round the boat before dawn broke. Seagulls, cormorants and oyster catchers added…
Read more →Global Citizenry – Ruined By Red Tape
You’d think with so many people moving around the world, holding citizenship in more than one country and generally being planetary, the…
Read more →Tales from a Spanish Village: Two Old Fools And The Last Chicken
Whilst most people here in Spain are digging out their warm clothes in preparation for the winter, I am doing the very…
Read more →My First Thanksgiving In Las Tablas, Panama, Snuck Up On Me
There were no weather-related clues that meant anything to me. It didn’t get colder, leaves didn’t turn color or fall off trees…
Read more →Five “Must-Do’s” In Vienna, Austria
I come from Vienna, so, after living there for 18 years, I would like to share with you my five must-do’s in…
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