On inertia

Posted on Mar 21, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, I like nothing better than to go down through a list, ticking off tasks as I complete them. Or better yet, scribbling through each item, almost but not quite obliterating it. This whole process is so wonderfully satisfying. I...

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On a volte-face

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

Bonjour/Hello, I am sorry to report that the Boyfriend and the enterprising squirrel have fallen out. He is not at all...

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On arriving

Posted on Jan 20, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, we are finally here. In France. In the perfect house. I can scarce believe it. Of course everyone has...

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On boxing… up

Posted on Oct 25, 2022

You know, dear peoples, I never expected that I would still be surrounded by boxes over two years after leaving the...

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On the move

Posted on Sep 21, 2022

When I come to write these Musings every month, I look back over the list of interesting snippets I’ve been collating....

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On keeping my cool

Posted on Aug 23, 2022

How strange, dear peoples, to find myself still hot and bothered a month later. I am very unsettled. Waking up to blue...

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On overheating

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Here we are, dear peoples, in the midst of a heatwave as I type. I confess that I was dreading the Summer in this house...

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On feeling blue

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged, dear peoples, that blue is relaxing. After all, blue light has been found to...

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On blossoming

Posted on May 24, 2022

One thing, dear peoples, that I am really looking forward to when I finally find the perfect house is having a garden. A...

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On dreaming

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

The curtains are up, dear peoples. We are still basking in the glow of having successfully visited IKEA and bought...

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