Category Archives: a la recherche…

for sharing stories and memories of life’s journeys, love, travels… sparked by the beauty and serendipity of the quotidian

La maja desnuda…

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

So, the Tate was asking on FB this afternoon which artwork reminds you of your childhood… been thinking about this for the past few hours now… we had a large Renoir coffee book in our entrance hall all through my … Continue reading →

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Bande a part…

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

I woke up this morning with a dream still vividly playing on my mind. A slightly bizarre and somewhat hysterically happy dream. I’m sure I laughed out loud in my sleep. It was a bit like Alice in Wonderland meets … Continue reading →

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Tall ships…

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Off to Poland in a few days for work and memories of a moonlit night, foxtrotting with a Polish naval officer, came flooding back… a fleeting romance… where is he now I wonder… I still have the letters… It was … Continue reading →

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Breakfast, lunch and dinner…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

‘I fucking love science’ has just busted the goldfish myth! seems they actually have rather amazing memories… reminded me of a few goldfish I once knew… breakfast, lunch and dinner we called them… It was somewhere back in the mid … Continue reading →

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Zuppa, zuppa, zuppa…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

oh so delicious on a winter’s eve… all porcini, pancetta and creamy goodness… with a little warm crusty bread… one of my favourites… shame you can’t smell it… I love to cook. I’ve always loved to cook… I thought I … Continue reading →

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Ragas at twilight…

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

And now Ravi Shankar! another great who was at it right up to the end… “The beauty of our music is the ability to improvise endlessly,” he once said, “and that is my forte – I never know what I … Continue reading →

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Curve-alicious…

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Saddened but somehow, oddly, uplifted this week by Oscar Neimeyer’s passing… I seem to be surrounded by death at the moment… 104! and what a legacy… working until almost the end and such fantastic architecture… “When you have a large … Continue reading →

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Time out…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

The news of Brubeck’s death yesterday and copious postings of Take 5 on Facebook had me hurtling down the long and winding road of memory, back to the very early 80s… to happy days of youth, rebellion and innocence… To … Continue reading →

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