‘I have never owned a television’. It is one of those statements which, depending upon whom I am talking to, can produce anything from mild surprise to the sort of look usually reserved for people who confess to having no central heating. (Which, by the way I also don’t have.)Continue Reading
In this modern day age of advertisements, YouTube and social media it is really easy to be bombarded into believing we should be like everyone else. Or at the very least, buy this thing or do this thing that will make me a better something, or other. In a slowContinue Reading
For a while now, I’ve had the nagging feeling that something about the way we’re taught to live doesn’t sit right with me. It took me a long time to understand that what I was feeling wasn’t frustration at all. It was anger. I’ve realised I spent years believing, nayContinue Reading
As someone who has been calling France home for well over a decade, there are elements of French culture that were, and sometimes still are, deeply foreign to me. Things that at first felt frustrating, confusing, isolating, or simply impossible to understand. But somewhere between the deep dive paperwork, theContinue Reading
If you’ve ever tried to plan a trip to France or even considered the idea of moving here, you’ve probably noticed something strange. There are many, many questions about France, but the answers are often vague, contradictory, or just plain unhelpful. And it got me thinking, and wondering, why? Why do certain questions not get answered, or at least not answered fully enough that the question begins to finally be understood? Let’s discover… and see if we can actually answer.Continue Reading
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