Keep Eyes Peeled For Blogs In the Fog . . .

This post is in tribute to a blog which I stumbled on while out wandering in the fog of blogland ; it never ceases to amaze me, sometimes the fog lifts and one finds oneself in a sunlit glade, a clearing in the forest, where life is described with surprising clarity and eloquence, which is the case with "Not Waving but Drowning", where unfolding events are written with touching, well, humanity. And I would never have found Not Waving but Drowning if not for another marvelously human blog named "Halfway to France". My proverbial hat is off to both of these fine blogs.
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Now, having said that, I will ask in advance that you excuse me for this one, but I can't help posting this after having read today's post on Not Waving but Drowning, (A World of Difference) and especially the series of comments that follow. This photo is one example of the less than enchanting facilities being discussed there... warning, not for the scatologically squeamish. . . (I know, it's not the loveliest picture I ever made. . . but that's life)
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PS And thanks to Nathalie in Avignon, I learned a new word the other day. . . in some parts of the world this would be referred to as a . . . dunny !
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And it just occurred to me that one reason there may be so many hole-in-the-floor toilet facilities in France is that the upright models may be suffering fates similar to this one :
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