A trade that works for me, is identifying the second leg, the channel, that follows a spike. Found on all timeframes, this one set up on Friday, Jan 5th, with a spike on the 15 minute timeframe. The vertical spike is on the righ-hand side of the image, and as expected after such a strong… Continue reading A channel to surf
summer shenanigans
artisan markets, camping, and the beach in the south of France summer 2023
A Micro Enterprise en France
France has overtaken the UK in the number of millionaires, paper or otherwise, living within its borders. So I learned from reading this week UK newspapers online here in the South of France in the second half of August 2023. The data was used a spring board for another round of prognostications of doom and… Continue reading A Micro Enterprise en France
No pain in the le pain
There are a couple of little birds outside my window right now, feeding on grass grains that they will take back to feed their young, who are housed if I am not mistaken in nests under the eve of the house. I’ve read that nightingales are unremarkable looking brown song birds. Passerine, a somewhat biblical… Continue reading No pain in the le pain
Stress is meaning
When I think about French pronunciation a phrase that frequently pops into mind is ‘lean in’, also the name of a book popular a decade or so ago advocating women to seize the opportunities in business and not wait to be invited to them. The better I hear French the more clear it seems that… Continue reading Stress is meaning
Wild Thing
I have a bird song identifying app on my phone. I occasionally use it and for the last couple of weeks every time I have, it’s turned out to be the common nightingale. The storied nightingale, evocative of sultry nights and the fiendish sophistication of the mainland, that contiguous stretch of humanity that flows from… Continue reading Wild Thing
To capture the cadence of a language is to capture its soul
We are now into mid-May, I have been in France for 2 and a 1/2 months and the lingo learning continues. Now ensconced in Neffiès, I have established a pattern of longer dog walks that consist of running half-way and then walking back. I use the walking time to listen and repeat my Anki flashcard… Continue reading To capture the cadence of a language is to capture its soul
A gaijin in France
Now that I am back in my natural state of being, an outsider in a foreign land, I observe my fellow wanderers with the deja vu of having seen their sort before, in different places. I always maintained that people don’t know why they are going to a place as much as they know why… Continue reading A gaijin in France
A French Optical Bargain
My wife wears glasses. She needs progressive lens that correct for both near and far sight depreciation. Her eyesight has gotten worse, making the glasses she has underpowered for her needs. Prior to leaving Ireland she had her eyes tested and her prescription updated. We left Ireland before she could buy glasses per her new… Continue reading A French Optical Bargain
A new French car
So I bought the car. Paid €4k. Did not expect to be the owner of a Fiat Punta, but that’s the joy of movement. Movement stresses systems and devices, stuff breaks quicker and needs to be replaced, in the end making progress quicker. The whole infernal aging machine is sped up and at times feels… Continue reading A new French car