Friday, July 27, 2012. A little pledge, a little tide, a little coldplay. So, even though work is imploding around me. Monday, July 23, 2012. This is a photo of my high school yearbook.

Thursday, September 02, 2010. Sunday, August 01, 2010. This is the end, my only friend, the end.

Finnish author living and writing in London. Addicted to books, Nordic Noir, fashion, art, theatre. I love this city! Thursday, 14 January 2016. New Year, New Website. From now on I will be blogging at www. So click here to go straight to the blog. All will be revealed in the next few weeks.

Oh, you know, just some stuff. Tuesday, 3 May 2016. So after a few weeks of wandering around giving myself neck-ache through constant staring at the sky, I finally. Saw my first pair of Swifts for 2016! Well, in the UK at least. We went to Venice for our 20th wedding anniversary a month ago, and the swifts were swooping around the skies over the Grand Canal so technically speaking I have. Already seen them this year but not in the UK, until today. Monday, 11 April 2016.

My name is Catherine Sanderson. Petite Anglaise was my blogging pseudonym from 2004 until 2009. For the first two years, I blogged anonymously about my life in France, about parenting a bilingual child and, very occasionally, recounted something funny that had happened at my anonymous workplace. It was the latter that got me into hot water, costing me my job. In my unidentifiable office and. A few journalists were to be found among my daily readers, and .

Confessions of a Reforming Geek. Sounds Like Life To Me! Tails From The Foster Kittens. Added me to your blogroll? Let me know so I can reciprocate. 35 Would Rather Be Commenting. Be doing laundry, yardwork, cleaning the house or planning meals.

Friday, 4 November 2011. Yesterday I caught a falling leaf, no biggie theoretically, but it made me realise how long it is since I last laughed out loud. Pleasure will be taken in small things. My beautiful Zero teapot, which reminds me of a stout penguin.

London to Paris to London. A tale of two cities. Monday, 29 June 2009. Should Marks and Spencer announce it has fallen short of its targets this financial year, I fear I may be called to account for my inadvertent contribution to this downturn. I put the duvet and my guilt in the cupboard. Monday, 22 June 2009. We had been in Brussels for a metaphorical five minutes and you could have knocked me over with a copy of Libération.