Happy autumn. It’s pouring rain here with gale force winds through the evening. My weird neighbours’ chimney divested a supporting piece of wood (which looked like it was petrified) into a plant in the back garden this afternoon. At least… Continue Reading
So. I was quite excited to write about this brand – and I’ll share the story below. But, on day 5 of my covid infection (ie, Saturday) I sprayed on the last of the Binet-Papillon fragrances I’d chosen to write… Continue Reading
So. I’ve returned from my trip and I’m really tired. Thus, this will be fairly discombobulated. Just FYI. Oh, and the trip is going to feed posts in different ways for around the next month. First, it was a great… Continue Reading
I hope this pops up when it should. I don’t own 24 Faubourg. My memory of it is buying a bottle for a friend at Duty Free on the way home from a work trip in Paris. The other memory… Continue Reading
Happy Labour Day! I leave for my Europe trip on Tuesday. Day one is home, to town, to London, to Brussels, and on to the night train to Vienna. I arrive in Vienna the following mid-morning – and currently it’s… Continue Reading
It’s all of a sudden late summer – late August – and I’m shocked, just shocked. I kept telling myself ‘be in the now – don’t wish for time to pass’, but it has passed. The last time I visited… Continue Reading
I live in horse country. Probably not like racing in Kentucky but a sufficient number of people own horses and ride them through the villages that I think I can safely say that. I rode when I was (much) younger… Continue Reading