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The coming of spring…
After a week of rain, the occasional snow flurry and generally cold weather, the day broke bright and clear. It was, by all accounts, a...


Walking whilst the city wakes...
Most weeks, my days at Ferrandi start early, I’m up at 6:15, out of the door by 7:00 and in the kitchen at quarter to eight to set up for...


First week at Ferrandi, Paris
At last the week came when I would start my course at L’Ecole Ferrandi. Though I arrived a month ago and have been enjoying living in...


An easily missed masterpiece...
My usual run along the River takes me West along the right bank, past the Louvre and the Grand Palais to the bridge that crosses from the...


To draw is to see...
I’ve been to the Louvre to do some drawing a few times now, when I have had some spare time. It is only a short walk from where I live...


Food and friends
An old friend was coming over for dinner, so I consulted my copy of Larousse Gastronomique—the veritable bible of cooking, which weighs...


Keeping the cold out
One of the lovely thing about living in Paris is that people don’t just turn to the supermarket to cater for their every need, you can...


Snow had fallen, snow on snow
Today it snowed. Thick downy flakes came down steadily and swirled through the streets, eddying in the wind. I took a walk around the Ile...


No amount of garlic is too much garlic!
This morning to yoga in the village of Bouteille. In the afternoon, Pinky took us kayaking down a small river, only navigable at this...


An unlikely meeting of distance food cultures...
This afternoon we took a walk with the dogs around the lake at La Jamaye. The Images have a lovely dog, called Tilly, a Labrador crossed...
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