Sailing into the Sunset...

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well, not exactly, as we'll be leaving at dawn, but

I thought it sounded good...

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We're taking a break

- off sailing for the week -

à bientôt!

Who? Me?...

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5. I have an incredible amount of patience for some things,

and absolutely none for others...

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4. I love the aroma of freshly ground coffee...

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3. I have a special, unshakable, deep-rooted love

for Paris...

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2. I don't like people with no sense of humour,

I've no idea how to

relate to them;

I find they take themselves too seriously...

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1. I’m more interested in ideas than what other people
are doing in their (private) lives...

A Happier World...

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Image: Côté Sud

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If every life learned to share

A happier world we would have

We could share our lives

And share our thoughts

Without any kind of recrimination

We could share our love

With all the strangers

That may come our way

Around the world

Making new friends wherever we go

If sharing was not just a dream

Paradise at our feet

Would unfold

There would be no more poverty

For every crust of bread, we’d share

We can only dream that one day

Many hearts will beat as one

Many minds will think alike

No more terrors will strike discord
And sharing will become the word

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David Harris

Tell Me...

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Do you blog everything you'd like to,
or do you *censor yourself?
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Are there times you start to write something

and then think, nah, not gonna write that?

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I do, I sit down to write and I find myself

picking and choosing so carefully that I just give up.

This frustrates me.

I don't like it but I have learned the hard way

to be careful.

I won't go into it.

Let's just say once your privacy has been invaded

in an extremely unpleasant way, you learn to exercise caution.

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I quite frequently come up with great blog posts

on my way to work and then of course once I'm back home,

poof...

they've either left my head or I simply think better of it.

Maybe with time this will change.

Maybe not. Only time will tell.

Definition of censor :

Verb : to ban or cut portions of

(a film, letter, or publication)

A Great Week...

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was had by all...

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Because we had family and friends here...

Because it's Spring and the weather is beautiful and warm

and hopefully going stay this way...
Because we spent the entire week out and about...

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Because the girls were on school holidays and were

on their best behaviour all week...

Because I'm feeling particularly loved and cherished by

my "better half"

(a bit corny but it's true..!)

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Because I'm well and truly back on my feet
- no more back pain....
Because I was off work all week...
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all photos by Lord Snowdon
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Because I love nothing more than spending quality time with

my family and friends...

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I hope you had a great week, too...

Vintage Beachwear...

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I know it's only April,

but I'm already dreaming of long, hot, lazy days

spent on, and by, the sea...

A trip the beach

doesn’t have to mean leaving style at home....

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All photos from May 1954 Seventeen
by myvintagevogue

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Don't you just love these vintage bathing suits?

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If anyone out there knows where I can

buy vintage (or vintage inspired)

swimwear,

Please let me know...

MERCI in Paris...

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is a new concept store like no other that I just know

you’ll all love...

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When I popped by whilst in Paris, I found the

layout more reminiscent of a house than a department store,

which I loved...
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MERCI sells a variety of products both of contemporary design

and second-hand;

on offer are contempory and vintage fashions,

a hardware section with beautiful everyday objects,

a florist, a perfume corner, a Used Book Café

with new and second-hand books

and a "Cantina"...

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Last, but by no means least, Merci participates in a
philanthropic project whereby
all the profits go to help deprived children in Madagascar..
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.. MERCI is to be found at
111, boulevard Beaumarchais
75003 Paris
which is in the Haut Marais district in the heart of Paris
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an internet site will be online soon...