The Olympics and Tom’s teleporting

I was going to write about the last Replica sample I got but that will wait a week because my brain got stuck on Tom’s idea of teleporting to corporate Posse meetups. And then I was watching the opening ceremony… Continue Reading

Wearing your morning cup of joe

I no longer drink coffee on a regular basis and when I do have a latte or cappuccino it’s decaf. Yes, shock, horror! I do love the smell of ground coffee and in a list of top 10 smells this… Continue Reading

L’Occitane Baux

I was in town for various things and on a whim (though I’ve been thinking about this for a while) visited the orthodontist that fixed my son’s teeth and made a consultation appointment next month regarding braces for my lower… Continue Reading

Three Fave Masculines (today)

Boy, am I tired. I have a trip planned for September during which I go hither and thither around Europe. For much of it I will be visiting places related to my mother’s family. Part way through I am staying… Continue Reading

Collecting?

We’re in waiting mode here. The first part of the election in France, then the general election here on Thursday, and then the second part for France later in July. I have two samples I’m working on but I’ve put… Continue Reading

TwOuds and a floral

The next town over is having a food festival, featuring a dinner with tables running down the main street (see pic). If I had known. Sigh. This looks like it will be so much fun. This literally runs hundreds of… Continue Reading

Off piste

This is getting posted on UK fathers’ day. I can’t say I pay attention to these holidays. Certainly, my mother, who was the stronger presence in our childhoods, was consciously indifferent to mothers’ and fathers’ days, Valentines and Christmas. She… Continue Reading