The shortest day of the year. Luckily. Living in a campervan makes one appreciate light, And makes one dread when the days get shorter. As they have been doing for …
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20 dec
The French are depressed, The Economist writes. Always have been. Joie de vivre is an english invention of french life. Joie de pluie, joie de doom, joie d’ennui. I sympathize …
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19 dec
Poor Merlin. She had to go to the hospital today. She had been in pain for one week. And although Merlin is not of the complaining, but simply of the …
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18 dec
Who am I to judge? Famous words from a pope. Read an article today in the New Yorker about pope Francis. This was the title. The words almost tell the …
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17 dec
Here’s another one for Nigel’s Christmas list, and for many others as well. ‘The Bully Pulpit’, the new book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. She’s the one who wrote Team of …
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16 dec
Finished reading ‘The Hare with amber eyes today’. This morning really. Last night it was cold early and we went to bed before ten. Read a little then, but always …
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15 dec
Back in Taradeau. Back to sunshine during the day. Back to the jacuzzi. Back to: ‘Lauft, ihr Hirten, allzugleich. Or more accurate, to the Gregorian mass that was sung at …
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We do not like toll roads. First of all, they cost money. They are useful when you want to get quickly from A to B but we don’t want to …
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13 dec
We should have stayed home, Julie said when I told her, in the evening, that it was friday the 13th. We didn’t. We went to Perugia We wanted to go …
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Are the rich more greedy than the poor? We all think so, don’t we? Recent hedge fund villainy supports the view. The rich have more than they could ever spend. …
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