Monthly Archives: October 2025
🗓️ The Month That Was – October 2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷
🇬🇧 We didn’t exactly start October at home. In fact, we were somewhere in the Touraine region, where vineyards meet nostalgia, enjoying our annual reunion with the same little group of indestructible friends we’ve known since 1968. That’s right — … Continue reading
🪨 A Stone’s Throw from the Moon
🇬🇧 So yesterday evening, I started feeling a few nerve-racking twinges in both kidneys. You know that instant when your brain jumps straight to “Oh no, kidney stones!”? Well, that thought kept me wide awake for hours. When I finally … Continue reading
A twinge too far
🇬🇧 “Ouch,” I said this morning — and not in my usual ah-my-back-is-just-warming-up sort of way. No, this was a new one. A sharp little reminder from somewhere deep in the kidney department, like a mischievous elf poking me with … Continue reading
Le mystère du pilulier
đź’Šđź’Šđź’Š 🇫🇷 Tous les quatre dimanches, Ă la mĂŞme heure, je m’installe devant la table de la cuisine pour accomplir un rite immuable. Pas de bougies, pas d’encens, juste moi, une tasse de cafĂ©, et mon pilulier. C’est mon petit … Continue reading
77 Days Till Christmas 🇬🇧
🇬🇧 or the art of good intentions This morning, my inbox greeted me with an email from my favourite Belgian comic book shop — the one that always seems to know exactly when to remind me of things I’m trying … Continue reading
French escapade – Day VIII & IX 🇬🇧🇫🇷
🇬🇧 The long goodbye (and a few oysters in between) All good things must come to an end — and apparently, so must good holidays. By 10 a.m., all twelve of us were packed, polished, and pointed in twelve different … Continue reading
French escapade – Day VII
🇬🇧 Of flowers, châteaux and a battle of wits (with whisky as fuel) Exploring the Loire one glass and one proverb at a time. Another cool and sunny day — perfect weather for exploration, or at least for pretending we’re … Continue reading
French escapade – Day VI
🇬🇧 Loches and loaded The art of sauntering with style and sore backs A good night’s sleep — I blame it entirely on the whisky. It seems to have excellent restorative powers, at least in moderation (or close enough). After … Continue reading
French escapade – Day V
🇬🇧 Of pasta, highways and lost rucksacks They say pasta dinners are comforting. Well, they didn’t tell me about the 3am hyperglycaemia wake-up call package deal. Despite a midnight insulin injection, my glucose levels seemed to think they were training … Continue reading
I do it my way 