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Summer files a grievance
and I file a counter suit… Let the record show: summer is five days late to its own funeral. I woke up this morning to a positively cheeky 18°C — a good ten degrees shy of the sauna we’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Humour, Mallorca, Restaurants, South of France, Spain, Summer 2026, weather
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Et le Marseillais dans tout ça?
Suite à mon billet sur le Provençal la question se posait au sujet du Marseillais et donc voila quelques réponses: 1. Le marseillais : un dialecte du provençal – Le marseillais est une forme locale du provençal, parlée traditionnellement à … Continue reading
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Pourquoi je parle provençal au pays de l’Occitan ?
Souvent, j’écris — ou j’essaie d’écrire — en provençal, façon Pagnol, en saupoudrant mes textes de quelques expressions marseillaises que je connais depuis mon enfance. Il faut dire que j’ai été à bonne école : ma mère était belle… et … Continue reading
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The Month That Was — July 2026
🇬🇧 If July had a subtitle, it would be something like: “In which the thermometer and the family calendar both refused to cool down.” Between a surprise party in Île-de-France, a peloton rolling through Carcassonne, ten days of grandparent duty … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Cities (And My Wobbly Knees)
There’s a particular kind of trouble that starts with a good weekend. You come home, you unpack your bag, and instead of feeling satisfied, you feel unsatisfied — in the best possible way. That’s exactly the hole I’ve dug myself … Continue reading
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Tagged Atelier des Lumières, City breaks, Frameless, London, London Eye, Paris, theatre, Travel planning, Vertigo, West End
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London weekend
🇬🇧 Day 1 The Great Stansted Rendez-vous: A Father-Son Weekend Every family has its own private cartography — the places that mean more than the map admits. For us, that place is London. My wife hails from south of the … Continue reading
The right to travel (Apparently)
Carcassonne — a few days before departure Status pending. Two words, glowing gently in orange on my phone, informing me that persons unknown are, as we speak, “awaiting confirmation of my right to travel.” I read it twice. I have … Continue reading
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Stop saying “No”
🇬🇧 Start saying “What instead” There is one thing I genuinely struggle to understand: the fierce opposition to renewable energy. Not because people raise questions—that is perfectly healthy—but because so many objections seem to stop at “No.” There is rarely … Continue reading
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No recap this week
🇬🇧 or possibly the next ten days I missed last weekend’s recap, and I’m going to go ahead and pre-apologize for the next ten days too, because in approximately three hours the small kiddies and their parents touch down in … Continue reading
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