Farmboy's Coolbox – A Blog

I like words. Let me share some with you.

Farmboy's Coolbox – A Blog

I like words. Let me share some with you.

Ways of Escape

The Known Escape: Taking a Break in Normandy

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Familiarity can be comforting, gives you peace of mind. So this year we are back in Normandy, a place we have been to twice before in the same house. I have written of it before, fearing it would be overrun by tourists. Well, where we are staying near Saint-Clément-Rancoudray is reassuringly quiet. Of course, I […]

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First Brushstrokes: Learning to Look with Different Eyes

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I am a late and clumsy arrival to the world of art. Indeed, what I do is probably art in the loosest possible sense! I don’t pretend they are great works and my early efforts are as amateurish as amateurish can be. They do, however, satisfy a creative impulse. The urge to go and make […]

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