A new dawn rises over the land of the Gaulois. My new activity to stave of the repetition is responding to posts on an EFL Teachers forum with numerous posts from newly certified TEFL candidates who want to move to France asap. They're often at a similar point I was five years ago, and a part of me wants to help newbies succeed just like I've been ( Read more... )

After a few months of silence, (some of) the gulls have retourned to Tours. It was shocking to hear them every sunset when we first moved here in May, and throughout the summer. When the weather got colder, they all got quiet and I thought they'd migrated somewhere warmer - can't say that I blame them.

The days are dark and dreary, English-esque ( Read more... )

This is probably more a Twitter-esque incomplete thought, but I recently read/saw someone's musing that they found it hilarious that all the Youtube content creators were being abandoned by users favouring TikTok. I wonder if there's any truth to it.

I certainly remember Livejournal and Blogger watching being abandoned over time for Twitter and ( Read more... )