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Dispatches to Sir Kev Dutton from the Tarn et Garonne – la riviere, vide graniers and renovation, en France 20.08.13

Posted on August 20, 2013 by j futrell

Cher Kev, I did enjoy your last dispatch from the Old Country, and I am sorry not to have attendedyour exhibition. I am in need of an occasion for a pair of slacks. The bucolic lifestyle is whittling away at … Continue reading →

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Driven To Drink – my time (albeit brief) with the late Alan Wicker

Posted on July 14, 2013 by j futrell

I met Alan Whicker once, a long time ago. I think it was in the sprauncy resort town of Costa Smerelda, where men wear sarongs, and there are Sunseeker launches in the bay, far north on Sardinia’s east coast. It … Continue reading →

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Artful Wine

Posted on April 9, 2013 by j futrell

Chateau La Coste is the most unusual vineyard in France. In fact, it’s probably the most atypical vineyard in the world. In fact, it doesn’t look like a vineyard at all, in the conventional sense. There is no clutter, no abandoned … Continue reading →

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do dogs dream?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by j futrell

Tashi Delek isn’t very old, she’ll be 12 this coming June, but that’s a good age for an Airedale Terrier, or any big dog, and she’s beginning to show her age. She is in pretty good shape, maybe a bit … Continue reading →

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