Things French, life in France, general wittering and the odd rant. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Is Gower any Good? The Gower peninsula is the bit that sticks out between Swansea and Llanelli. My mum was born in Mumbles a few miles from Swansea, a picturesque village of Victorian quaintness, steep narrow streets, pier, lifeboat house, lighthouse, lots of pubs and a village castle. Perriswood Archery and Falconry Centre. Outdoor archery for kids? Oxwich Bay in the background.

Tod asks me why so many of my generation are called Susan. There were five Susans in my class. So I google famous Susans and find that many - Susan Hampshire, Susan Sarandon, Susan Sontag - are roughly my contemporaries. Their parents responding to the same zeitgeist no doubt. Asked my name, I.

Searching, settling, sauteeing and spritzing. The road less traveled by. This Eve of Christmas I wish you all a peaceful and joyous festive season and the hope that whatever path you choose from here that it may bring you to the best of all things. The Bean is a well travelled dog. To facilitate her cross-border maraudings she has to abide by. On Thursday, I will have been.

Under a Wide and Starry Sky in the Dordogne. Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. Friday, 1 June 2012. Shortly after we arrived to live in France on the 30.