007 in France
(Brittany)
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Amusing stories about a young woman who moves to France to help her sister renovate her cottage. A personal and honest view of the feelings rollercoaster experienced when faced with the elements, solitude, the French and broken bones.
tags: amusing, brittany, expat france, fougeres, self sufficiency
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Came to France to satisfy a desire for peace and tranquility, plus I get to use my power tools on my sister's house here near Fougeres! I am writing my life story, which is turning out to be both a hoot and a test. I fill my days with constantly cutting endless amounts of logs, planning the build of the chicken coup and walking around with a heat pack on my back trying to keep the kidneys working. I am here with my two dogs, Chance and Bach. I rest of my life is back in the UK.
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20th May - Change personified
Posted on 25/05/2009
The human psyche breaks new boundaries for me all the time. But this time, it has gone way beyond what I thought was possible. Only a few days ago my head was in such turmoil, where for the...
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17th May - Sunday. No worship left
Posted on 17/05/2009
Yesterday I tried to climb the wall. Don't do it. It doesn't work. I slid ungracefully to the bottom to join my heart. I tried to scrape with my fingers at the cold stone, so I...
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15th May - An ending defined
Posted on 16/05/2009
I have been dismembered today, the kind of force that sweeps through you, leaving nothing but a skeleton. I don’t know why I am breathing, I only think it is breathing as my lungs are...
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25th April - Who's playing whom?
Posted on 25/04/2009
What a week. Ness has just visited and we have had a fantastic time. We talked and talked and it has felt like we have gelled again. I have said that I want to start again and put the past...
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14th April - There's the rub
Posted on 14/04/2009
It is apparent now why my arrangement for no contact with Ness was so well received.I have heard today that she is finished with me. She wants to move on, have her own life. What I...
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4th April - Has spring left it behind?
Posted on 05/04/2009
Now.I haven't spoken to my partner for 17 days.To me it feels odd. I feel a lack of pressure and disappointment, but at the same time I feel there is a block of my life missing, that...
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19th December - Two legs are best, but they are not always...
Posted on 20/12/2008
It was 11pm and my partner, Ness, was due the next day for a two week visit for Christmas, I had to pick her up from the airport and I was so excited I could have pee'd myself. The...
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17th December - Are any of us ready to live our dream?
Posted on 17/12/2008
Why the country indeed? This morning I took a leisurely drive to an old Brocante, the French equivalent of the good old fashioned junk shop. A fool's pleasure, but sometimes an...
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9th December - Of mice and mackeral
Posted on 09/12/2008
Last night I didn't wash up my dinner plate. My damp sheets beckoned and I just had to go to bed, casting aspersions to the idea of doing any household chores.I should have learnt by...
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8th December - Ice is nice, but I prefer it with a gin and...
Posted on 09/12/2008
WTF? Loosely translated WTF means, what on earth? This little micro climate that is La Chapelle Janson has me baffled. One minute you are sheltering from the rain the next, you are falling...
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