Antipodes

This is a fabulous solution. You don’t have to make an appointment with an ophthalmologist or an optician. In fact, it costs you nothing. ...

Fabien and Melody are experienced beekeepers, who have recently installed a row of hives at Gamone, in a small sloping field just opposit...

In my blog post of 6 October 2012, entitled Pierrot wanted a wife [ display ], I spoke of the local Gerin family, one of whom, Hippolyte Ge...

Over the last few months, my son François Skyvington has been examining the question of high-quality hamburgers (as opposed to the dull st...

Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin in the role of Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath , aka OSS 117, a very French but less-than-brilliant spy at the ti...

The sun is shining upon Gamone. Yesterday, on the slopes of Choranche, I donned my beekeeper’s clothes and attended the second hands-on ses...

The Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel [1929-1978] composed the celebrated song Ne me quitte pas [ Don’t leave me ] in 1959. Clic...

I would have liked to publish this blog post yesterday... but (as Bill Shakespeare put it, so succinctly) better late than never. The last t...

My highfalutin title simply designates touristic travel excursions motivated by family-history interests. So, a good example of a genea-pilg...

Lots of dumb folk, thinking themselves smart, send fake comments to my Antipodes blog, with links to their own dull blogs. In doing this, ...

A century separates these two photos taken at exactly the same spot in a northern neighborhood of London. The older lady was Mart...

I took this lovely photo (untouched) from my bathroom window about an hour ago. In my title, the term "sunset" is mislead...

In the context of my genealogical research, I was intrigued, if not amused, by the behavior of my ancestor Charles Walker [1807-1860], prob...

François Skyvington leads an extremely busy existence. Over the last few years, my son has been working almost non-stop on his 30-minute m...

Click to enlarge On the left, my Gamone neighbor Jackie Ageron is wearing his special beekeeper’s jeans, designed to give the little ...

Can you see him? Click to enlarge He’s dark green, like the foliage. With a long tail. He's not particularly apprehensive. He ...

A fabulous French catamaran named the Flying Phantom was introduced to the international sailing world at the Paris Boat Show 2013. Its rev...

Today or tomorrow... We won't be asked to choose a date. Brilliant exposé of everyday threats. Our ubiquitous enemy is …

In my blog post of 22 March 2010 entitled First rural residence [ display ], I described a simple roadside house in the country to the west...