Hi tech holidays

Driving through Sarlat in France the other day, it occurred to me just how much technology has changed holidays. First and foremost, satellite navigation has changed things dramatically.  Part of my preparation for holidays used to be the frantic gathering of maps and then plotting out routes.  Of course if I was going to some [...]

I murdered the wife

I finally sorted my writing problems, in more ways than one. My first problem that I last wrote about was the difficulty of writing in very bright sunshine, where the glare on the screen made it unreadable.  The solution to that was ridiculous in its simplicity – all I had to do was change my [...]

Putting my muse in the shade.

The weather here in the Peregeux region of France is beautiful. We have been here two weeks so far and have only had one morning of rain.  The rest has been blistering sunshine. This has led to a bit of a problem. One of the things I intended to do here was to write.  The [...]