Dear Ted,
Thank you for your little note of condolence. I very much appreciate the offer of political asylum, but I’m not sure that being governed by a “fat commie with the intellectual capacity of a custard tart” necessarily qualifies me for that.
Much is being made of Hollande’s elevation to Prefect and the whistling sound that [...]
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OK, it’s been a while, but we’ve been shorthanded around here, and, as I have said before, running a gite business from which you actually hope to extract a living is a little more effort than just flicking a duster around, but I did promise some feedback on this year’s Dîner Spectacle.
I suppose I should [...]
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“…the path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the Devil’s own Satanic herd!”
Actually, the path of my life is mostly strewn with flowers (osteospermums and pelargoniums, I like to think): it’s an attitude thing.
Notwithstanding, there is sometimes the odd banana skin lurking amongst, and it was on one of these that My Dear [...]
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The first post-holiday screed has been a while in the offing, for which I shall offer explanation in due course.
Of the holiday itself, I have little to add to that already written by My Dear Wife here, except to say that I am back, bronzed & fit and, having investigated the contents of the cupboard [...]
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…Mexico!
This, it must be admited, is not something we’d ordinarily be able to afford. However, thanks to the kindness of others, flights have been booked on Airmiles and we are off in the morning. Everything seems to have been arranged – house sitters installed and provided with firewood, food for assorted animals in stock, etc [...]
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Clifford the Penguin
Before we begin a dissection of Clifford (mwahaha), I feel I need to offer a few words in self defence. In response to my assessment of Bonnie the Dog, I have actually received some hate mail!
Two comments, in fact, that I decline to publish because they are really quite rude.
Leaving aside the insults [...]
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Valentina the Horse
Let me tell you about me and horses. Once upon a time, when I was a boy, I used to ride a fair bit. Not that I was a particularly good rider; anything but. And, although I was quite happy to sit on the things when they were moving, I never really found [...]
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I was planning to regale you all with another hilarious instalment of my animal evaluations, but I was forestalled by the arrival late Saturday of a DHL courier. Inside the package he brought me was an envelope containing another cassette from the Brigadier. The word “URGENT!” in red ink was liberally scattered over everything.
On this [...]
Some mornings I park up on the last bit of metalled road leading out on the marais – the reclaimed marshlands that border our village – and walk the dog for several miles through the countryside.
Usually I see no-one: perhaps the occasional farmer, hunter or woodcutter. There are no houses out there; it is a [...]
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The Guinea Pigs
Current score is five – three boys and two girls. For obvious reasons (guinea pigs knock rabbits into cocked hats on the breeding front) the two groups are separated by a fair distance and several layers of wire. Here are three of the most photogenic:
Caramel
Aristotle
“El Jéfé” – Makka Pakka
Cost Effectiveness
Proprietary piggie food is [...]
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