Surreal Thursday – Antelope

31 Dec 2015

In a new glass sporran Place a year old memory Take four bison right Firstly, as it is about to become 2016 I would like to say "Antelope". Having said this…

Phototherapy

21 Oct 201521 Oct 2015

Since taking up photography as a hobby several years ago I find myself now appreciating the world so much more. There seems to be a realisation out there in the…

le Cafe Parisien

18 Sep 201519 Sep 2015

Two weeks into Writing 101 already. Quelle horreur! The task is to "Update your readers over a cup of coffee" as though addressing you over a cup of coffee. My natural…

A Family Portrait

10 Sep 201510 Sep 2015

While the storm raged outside, the little family lived in their little world. Granny sat contentedly in the squashy armchair, deftly crocheting brightly coloured woollen squares from remnants of wool,…

In Vino Veritas

9 Sep 20159 Sep 2015

The empty bottles Cry, "In vino veritas!" At my happiness How many regrets, how many dreams have passed along the Rue Mouffetard? Surely a way that has existed for thousands…

Writing 101 I write because…

7 Sep 20157 Sep 2015

I have signed up for the Wordpress Writing 101 course. I did a poetry course a while ago and really enjoyed it so now I am hoping that this gives…

Mondayitis – Google Translation Tripout!

7 Sep 20157 Sep 2015

Despite the return of the dreaded Man Flu (see Mondayitis - Man Flu for the whole shocking story) I dragged myself to work and manfully endured my duties until the…

French Friday

4 Sep 20154 Sep 2015

Au cours de mon voyage Mon coeur joyeux s’est échappé, mais je l’ai rattrapé tout de suite. Translation: While on my journey, my joyful heart escaped, but I caught it at…

Mondayitis Man-Crush

31 Aug 201531 Aug 2015

I was chatting but yesterday with a most erudite historian who happened to mention “Rupert of the Rhine.” “Rupert of the Rhine?” says I, intrigued by the name. Rupert of…

Sour Puss

28 Aug 201528 Aug 2015

Dragged from the arms of Morpheus by some variety of mentally defective bird that appears to see 3.30am and pitch blackness as the natural time to warble cheerfully outside my…

The Black-Eyed Doll. A fable

18 Aug 201518 Aug 2015

There once was a doll on a stick at a carnival stall. She lived with her sisters in a bucket until they were bought, one by one, for delighted children…

Aux armes, citoyens! Rise up!

17 Aug 201517 Aug 2015

Rise up citizens, to save civilisation with human kindness Ronovan's of Ronovan Writes has offered this week's prompts of Rise and Save. One of the most enduring symbolic actions of the French Revolution was…

Paris or bust!

13 Aug 201513 Aug 2015

If you see Paris, unmoved, like a classic bust, your heart must be stone This was one of my first blog post photos the first I took on my first trip to…

Let Down Your Hair

11 Aug 201525 Aug 2015

It's Flash Fiction time again! I do hope you enjoy another Lowenbrau Family tale of 166 words... Let Down Your Hair Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Great Aunt Eunice, Mother, Little…

Mondayitis – Cockroach in my Tea!

10 Aug 201510 Aug 2015

Mondayitis – Tea Anyone? Having worked hard in my profession for 25 years I have now at last reached the apogee of importance in my department… I make the tea.…