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Apollinaire and Me
I always go to say hello to Apollinaire. Usually to Montaigne, too, though this time our wanderings didn’t lead that way. #notso via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/rQnTT9 — read more
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I love berets
I like berets. I have a sizeable collection (15 or more) of merino or cotton ones, from Spain, France, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy and New Zealand, all bought from the excellent Daan at South Pacific Berets. Here are some uses for them I’ve found so far: keeping the rain off keeping the sun off keeping warm… — read more
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The Best Beret in the world? 150 year edition from Elosegui. Fantastic! #hats #berets (Taken with Instagram) — read more
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New Riders of the Purple Sage
I love Westerns. Films and books. Grew up in the era when they still had “the Saturday afternoon Western” on telly and spent many a happy hour with Audie Murphy, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott and Robert Mitchum. Rio Bravo is still one of my favourite films. I’ve been dipping into Elmore Leonard’s Western stories for… — read more