Mike Finesilver owned Pathway Studios in Grovenor Avenue, Islington London, since the 60’s. He had got the money for the studio when he wrote/co-wrote the song “fire” for Arthur Brown that went N0 1. We lived in the next street from the studio, in Beresford road. Mike and Dave had stroked a friendship and Dave …
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Good bye Martin
I very rarely go to Facebook these days. But last night I did. I was horrified to discover that you had passed …..Oh my god, what happened? Cancer? stroke? But you were so young! two years younger than me…. We moved to France in 2010, bought a little farm and turned a page. My camera …
On my own
Day 1- Am- beautiful day, the sun coming in from all doors and windows is gentle and welcoming. Blissful silence. Let’s do some washes. I can’t find Paul’s pillow case in his bedroom. Tina said he probably has it in his bag when he shoved all his stuff in it. But a text to Paul …
May God Have Mercy
“She said to me how am I supposed to sleep at night when there is so much suffering in the world? Nothing, nothing can justify the genocide of the Palestinian people! She is exasperated. Conflicts, wars and more, always more suffering killing children and innocent people. It never ends! I remember my dad listening to …
Hooray!!!
It’s a good day today: I was out of a computer for too long and it felt like I was missing a leg. I had some translating work that I got done on Geoff’s computer but that as well was like using someone else’s kitchen for your breakfast. The summer months had been again challenging …
What a month !
Highs and lows and lows and highs all at once. The wind has taken all our cherries. Well… almost. The magpies enjoyed them before we could even taste them. And then we discovered that the crows love our almonds too. Yves next door was complaining about their voracious appetite for his fruits but we never …
Will we get the donkeys vaccinated this year?
Will we get the donkeys vaccinated for tetanus this year? The question arose when our farrier got seriously ill and I could not find another farrier to do it for me. Every year late winter time we used to get the 2 vaccines from Georges at the chemist and Bernard came around to trim the …
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Goodbye mate
We buried Curry yesterday afternoon under a blue lilac tree. His big bloated belly had disappeared as well as the lump on his side, and we had dared to hope that Evelyne, who was providing him with long distance healing, had achieved the impossible. He was often out taking a walk, and then he was …
Health without Big Pharma- is it possible?
In the spring of this year, I discovered the health benefits of drinking Green Clay with Jade Allegre. I knew about the clay for external use like most of us do, but I had no idea about taking it in any other way. Since then I have used it for many complaints with great results. …
A mixed bag
“It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring He knocked his head and he went to bed and he didn’t get up in the morning…” Did I get the words right? So much rain today so we kept the donkeys here. They haven’t got a shelter yet in the top field. The weather forecast …
La dame aux ânes 