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Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingJune 14, 2016

We’ll Always Have Paris, Trying and Failing to Be French, by Emma Beddington

By Amanda

I’ve been meaning to pop this book up for weeks now, life got in the way. We’re huge fans of Emma Beddington’s blog Belgian Waffle and have been since we started TWR. She wrote it anonymously to start with (it… Read More

Out & AboutMay 14, 2015

Guest blogger Juliette: Mid-Life Musings, 15 years and counting

By Amanda

I know some readers are finding these posts from abroad rather unsettling, what with pictures of beautiful mountains, gorgeous French food and the pull of a brocante-bargain. It’s a wonder we have anyone left in the UK! Well this lovely… Read More

Home & GardenApril 30, 2015

Adventures Before Dementia, Gardener’s World

By Amanda

We’re back in France with Bebe, and this week we’ve moved to the garden… Anyone who like me has spent years living in the city without any outside space bigger than the window-sill will know what it feels like to… Read More

Out & About, UncategorizedApril 8, 2015

Guest post: Adventures Before Dementia, with Bebe Butler

By Amanda

This mid-life-moving story-thread is proving very popular with you all and we have another lovely one for you here today, from reader Bebe who, together with her husband, wanted an adventure before dementia set in and moved to France. Bebe… Read More