James et Moi

 ... I'm resuming the jottings from my Egyptian Journal today.  Come and join me as I experience yet another novel form of local transpo...

... to the blog today.  Thanks for visiting, Val, and it’s great to have you back.  You write the DI Hunter Wilson stories, and you also hav...

                      LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY The fountains mingle with the river      And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix ...

... through the house and grounds of c hâteau Chenonceau … I’m camped just up the road from Chenonceaux, which sits on the north bank of the...

... by Sebastian Faulks.  Read on ... Set firmly in the French capital, this story begins in Morocco.   Tariq is bored with the drudgery of ...

… on my blog today.  Read on … I believe it was the author Virginia Woolf who said that ‘one must learn to be silent just as one must lear...

… through the magnificent royal château in the city of Blois … Blois sits on the river Loire about halfway between the cities of Tours and O...