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I know an old woman who is 84. Most of the time she behaves like a 10 year old, spoilt child, which can occasionally be quite amusing, but most of the time it just requires a lot of patience to handle her. A couple of months ago the battery of her blue...
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Some of us go through life making the same mistakes again and again and again. We repeat patterns but don't realise. Perhaps we see that something is repeating itself, but we don't analyse the situation and therefore don't react to change it. I never...
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Just before the winter cold seriously hit Europe I put the dog on the fast train to Marseille and spent a lovely week under the winter sun. I cannot begin to describe how much both the dog and I enjoyed being back in our house and well known surroundings!...
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Before Christmas I was walking the dog in the area behind the town hall of the 14th arrondissement when I discovered a wonderful shop: the Oxfam Bouquinerie. link Whilst the English are used to charity shops on the high street, France is way behind. In...
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When I was 13-14 years old my best friend and I would sleep in her older brother's double bed whenever he was staying at his girlfriend's place. And we would listen to all his records and talk until 2 in the morning. On the wall above the bed there was...
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We attribute special qualities to the last evening of the year, and yet it is more often than not really such a great evening. So many expectations and often so many deceptions. For the year that is ending we had dreams that did not come true, we had...
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Today I read on BBC that a French baker has installed an ATM-like machine in Paris, from where you can get freshly baked bread in 15 seconds - and that around the clock. Now is that good news? Do we really need to be able to buy freshly baked bread day...
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The Devine Child is born. One cannot deny that it is that time of year when we think of a baby boy who was born in a stable more than 2,000 years ago. Perhaps you want to listen to some music whilst reading this article? link On Sunday I was invited for...
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This is what a friend said to me last week when I mentioned the social security services in France. I guess that I have lived in a near blissful innocence when it comes to the French social security because everybody seems to have something to say against...
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Have you watched the French film Séraphine about the female painter Séraphine Louis, also known as Séraphine de Senlis? Here is an extract: link She lived all her life in the town of Senlis, about 50 kms north of Paris. Yesterday I decided to take the...
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