CHRISTMAS APPROACHES

CHRISTMAS APPROACHES

Readers beware as I feel the urges to indulge in pseudo-profundity in this current blog. Some may wish to seek refuge in re-runs of Escape to the Chateau:  DIY but for those brave enough to remain – brace yourselves. When a scribe approaches his 50th birthday, all...
HAPPY ST. NICHOLAS DAY

HAPPY ST. NICHOLAS DAY

In a previous blog, I wrote about French traditions of St. Nicholas Day on the 6th December, some pleasant – leaving sweets in the shoes of children – and some that might not be well received. His travelling companion Père Fouettard has the anti-social habit of...