U.K. friends. A friend of mine in Wales is in dire need of legal representation in the next couple of days, ideally someone pro-bono. Do any of you peeps have someone to recommend? Family law specialty would be ideal. I'm contacting a Citizen Advice for him tomorrow, but it's a matter of urgency. 😱

The Diplomat Season 2 was very good. Can't wait for Season 3! 👍

To help my U.S. friends. 👍 latenighter.com/news/john-ol...

Great idea! 👍

Plumes is doing a great job bringing comfort to animals. 👍

Tonight's Mexican menu at Bligny-sur-Ouche (nearby Dijon) for Día de los Muertos.

Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry? Really? 😳

Last night was a boardgame session of Forest Shuffle. Nice discovery, plenty of ways to mark points with cards combinations. Didn't do badly for a first-timer. 🙂👍

The garden's ladybugs survived the massive storm 2 nights ago and are back to hibernating in the spindle. ♥️

This morning's therapy: turns out I don't have depression, which is a huge relief. 👍 So we go straight to EMDR therapy for working on flashbacks issues. In the meantime, I'll keep practicing mindfulness and positive memories reprogramming until not needed anymore. 🙂 It's already helping a lot.

Fundraising campaign by a friend of a friend in Oxford! Don't hesitate to back this organic Sicilian olive oil, it's delish. It was sent to me as a gift last year and I have no problem backing it up every year from now on. 2025 Olive Oil Harvest, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogg...

Last night's boardgaming session was good, we played Ishtar, a game I had picked up at Spiel Essen in 2019. 👍

Since Sherlock Holmes started the trend of serialised investigative fiction (in literature), it's rather logical to find the country is besotted with the same as tv shows and movies. Glad to know real life events are far and few. If they were much more numerous, I'd be extremely worried.

So. You've all heard about the little bit of a pickle we're in. 😅

23andMe update is in! That's more like it. 🤣👍 The 18%+ Anglo-Irish component has completely disappeared. 😁 The French origin is back on at 78% (in lieu of the previous 16ish%). At least, with the 50% Portugo-Spanish gone down to 22ish%, I can stop fantasizing about some Iberic estranged father. 😅

Managed to place some Wendy Cope in one of my English lessons today. 😁

Tomorrow is another strike day in France. Expect disruptions with public transport.

Rapture was supposed to happen on Tuesday and it didn't happen? Aww. I recall the number of times Paco Rabanne said the world was ending at specific dates, same for the New Age doomsday ntters from Bugarach, it's about every week. Tuesday was probably a slow day.

Rainy day, lazy cat Dog snoring and radio on Sorting watercolours and a lesson. Time is subjective - On Mondays, doubly so.

Today is another 'social disruptions' day. Expect the occasional public transportation mayhem etc, as usual.

Managed to drop a word or two to the local press on this busy day (French social disruptions). 🙂

RiP, Rick Davies.

For my cyclist friends in Oxford.

Doesn't bode well for the government, or Macron. Wednesday's 'social disruption' is going to be interesting.

My local 'independent satirical newspaper' is reminding everyone how to meet up for the big day (10th Sept). 🙂

Puy du Fo* opening an amusement park in Bicester? I wouldn't give them a dime: - De Villiers family is 'old nobility', whose patriarch was leading the far right catholic party (pro-royals, Civitas and Opus Dei rolled in one etc) and a few times contender for the French presidential elections. >>

Wednesday 10th September (next week) - massive strike/standstill day all over the country is on the agenda. If you're in France, avoid public transports etc if you can as everything will be disrupted.

Chocolate, Oda and Corno di Toro peppers! 😋

Recently, I started to deal with personal issues (chronic fatigue, negativity/low self-esteem, hypervigilance + occasional bouts of hyperactivity/procrastination) and so far, therapy sessions highlighted conditions that will be treated with EMDR: long-term childhood PTSD, ruminations + ADHD. >>

There's a 3rd season of The Diplomat coming up - count me in! 👍

I thought my purple passiflora had died during Winter (went down to -7°C). So I planted an Edulis one from seed (large leaves). Now, the old one is resurrecting too, direct from the root (small leaves). So I end up with both kinds in the same container. 😊

The whole house smells of ratatouille. 😅

I've been following his work in the New Yorker and elsewhere for the past 20 years. Great stuff.

The app's flawed: not only people will add you to groups without your consent, but you won't be able to check past posts; you then need to ask for infos again, thus ending in ever lengthy info threads and multiple dialogues. If the group is big enough, you will be harassed by constant notifications.

Such a disaster. They arrested a man on suspicion of starting it, and in the process of starting another fire as well.

Latest Dracula movie by Besson - the ninja gargoyles are a bit much. 🤣

It's been years, but decided to rewatch 'Fleabag'. 😁 Still very good.

Nasturtiums are a great snails/slugs distraction from other plants. 👍

Silly thing to notice just now, or maybe it has already been spotted, but the entertainment bar at the start of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' is called 'Obi Wan'. 🤣 Do I get geek points or am I way/decades too late on spotting this? 🤔

My elephant garlic did well this year. 👍

Wtf? www.quora.com/Why-is-The-L...