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On Adopting
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People often ask me whether it wasn’t hard adopting in France at the age of
50. No, I reply. It was much easier than waiting 30 years for a man to
agree to...
Petite friture
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This quintessential French dish evokes happy days at the seaside, where
plates of small crispy fish are served up along with a chilled bottle of
white or r...
Day 8 - Kendal to Carlisle
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We started the day standing at a bus stop just north of Kendal and two
slightly older women joined us to catch the 555 to Keswick. Then suddenly,
and in a ...
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