The Little Things I Love

13 Jan 201623 Jan 2016

The Little Things I Love – It is too easy to let life get you down. The older I get the more I realise that people are wonderful, quirky, flawed…

French Friday – Louvre

31 Oct 201531 Oct 2015

Endlessly fascinating, I have been fortunate to visit the Louvre a number of times. One continuous two day stint still saw us running through galleries at the end and all…

Stravinsky Fountain – Paris

15 Sep 201515 Sep 2015

Writing 101 suggests using a quote for today's prompts. Who more sensible to quote than Salvador Dali? "Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is…

50 shades of grey – Fog

5 Aug 20155 Aug 2015

Fog does not lend itself to strict geometric forms but the foggy reflections cast by a sculpture in our local Art Centre produced a peculiar monotone kaleidoscope on the wall which…

Mondayitis – Insulted!

25 May 201525 May 2015

Mondayitis – Insulted On occasion I visit our local Marché aux puces and have unearthed a treasure or two. This very Sunday I arose with the sun and ventured forth…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge 9

10 May 201510 May 2015

Mirror Mirror For a brief moment There flashed accross the mirror A glimpse of my soul Welcome to TJ's Household Challenge! If you would like to participate in this challenge…

Pride Commeth Before a Fall

28 Feb 201528 Feb 2015

Dear indulgent reader I have reached the end of the Writing 201 course on poetry. At last I bid the poetic muse a fond farewell for the time being and…

My Hero!

23 Feb 201523 Feb 2015

How do you know a hero? How do you know them? How do you find them out? How do they hide? How do you write about them? Draw them? Design…

Hakone Open-Air Museum

12 Jan 201512 Jan 2015

One of the most beautiful and surprising places I have ever visited has been the Hakone Open-Air Museum. Founded in 1969 this delightful repository is filled with the most amazing…