Friday 1st October “En octobre, qui n’a pas de manteau, doit en trouver un bientôt.”. A little saying that I’ve picked up and stored away amongst the enormous heaps of useless information stockpiled in my…
Wednesday 14th January Happy New Year!! Better late than never! I just don’t seem to have got round to writing up my diary this year. It is still my great passion, alongside P-O Life but…
Odile Oms – A door to art 3 By Ellen Hall 3 The door of Galerie Odile Oms at 12 Rue du Commerce in Ceret is closed. Odile Oms says it is important to mark…
by Marion Thornley <img4686|left> Some of the more well-known postures in yoga are the inversions, that is, when we turn ourselves upside down. These include the headstand, the shoulderstand, the arm balance, and others.…
Wednesday 4th November I snacked on a snail today (spit, hawk, beurk !!) I was so in awe of the fact that Jane and I were being entertained by the owner in dead posh style…
Wednesday 9th December Whoops ! I nearly missed December completely. Decided to do a bit of accidental ‘close up and personal’ research into French hospitals when a cyst turned septic, and I had to be…
Monday 5th October Life must be a doddle if you’re a cow! Taking a walk this morning past the gorgeous gals grazing in the field along the road, it struck me that that ‘it’s a…
by Marion Thornley As women in the modern world, we often bear the brunt of much of its suffering. That is not to say that men never suffer or that women are morally superior,…
Playing around in Languedoc Roussillonby George Buchan courtesy of John Frazer-Robinson As a generalisation, the courses I tried in May 2005 were in excellent condition, particularly the greens which were almost always true and…
2 Yoga for health 2 3 by Marion Thornley 3 TIPS FOR A HEALTHY BREATH To conclude this brief series of articles about stress and better breathing, I would like to give a few simple…