Resolute

BB and me, on a train to Paris / A bus-ride through a slushy city / BB's trusting hand in mine as we clomp down to the metro / The bravery of my big boy, who never once asks to be carried / A hot bath in the hotel / Nana's arrival / A half-bottle of wine and some Marks & Spencer salads / BB and his colouring books, beautiful and neat / Christmas day, snow in Paris / Three generations in the back of a cab / A random Christmas lunch of chips and wine, a shiver of pleasure, the unexpected rightness of the untraditional Christmas traditions we are making up as we go along / Another train, to La Rochelle / FH and LB, on the platform / A reunion, a bridge, a house, "our" Ile de Ré / The ocean, vast, grey, vibrant, alive / Coffee, and wine, lots of wine / Ferrero Rocher and card games / Reading in silence / Biting cold air on an almost deserted beach / A strengthening of the core as vitality returns / A place, an anchor / FH and me, on a train to Paris / The last night of the year / A barge, Notre Dame, the Seine, the Eiffel Tower, friends, surprise, heat, a glow / Dancing, dancing, dancing / A touch, a look, a smile / 6 am in St Germain des Près / New shoes and cold hands / Coffee, croissant, train, sleep / Happy


Each little memory poured into the void: the listlessness is crushed and dispelled.

Some photos to follow, and perhaps some resolutions, too.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011
Moment by moment