Yesterday was la rentrée for my boys at their French school after the two-week October holiday. This is rentrée with a small 'r' though, rather than La Rentrée - the grand back-to-school and back-to-everything moment that happens in France around the 1st of September. After two full months of summer holidays, September in France is… Continue reading A Fresh Rentrée
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Recreating Missé – Part One
Welcoming retreat There was so much I hadn't expected from 'A Writer Begins' with Circle of Missé. I didn't expect this retreat to feel as if I was being welcomed as a house guest of the family, while simultaneously having the impression of a boutique hotel where every little need was anticipated. I didn't… Continue reading Recreating Missé – Part One
When even the journey is a holiday…
I'm on a TGV on my way to a very special holiday - a residential writing course in the Loire Valley. It's been a few months since the shift in perspective that I managed to think my way into, when I realised that when it comes to the question, 'If you could do anything you… Continue reading When even the journey is a holiday…
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