One of our first dates (or don’t try and write after you’ve had a few beers, a sleeping pill and two Solpadol)

Jodie: Have you actually even seen a clitoris? Boy [pretending to be winging it]: Erm…it’s not out here yet, but I’ve heard it’s a great movie? She laughs. Boy: What? Jodie: You’re funny. Boy: No, I do know what it is, it was just I was told it was…well…you know. Jodie: No, I don’t know.Continue reading “One of our first dates (or don’t try and write after you’ve had a few beers, a sleeping pill and two Solpadol)”

They were having lunch before the drive into Nimes

They had stopped outside Nimes for lunch.  The plan had been not to drink at all at the restaurant, have a very light lunch and then to drive in to the town, park and have a look at the astonishingly well-preserved, ancient Roman temple there, La Maison Carree.  Jodie had scheduled departure for 4 pmContinue reading “They were having lunch before the drive into Nimes”

Lost in Brittany

Jodie Foster and the Super 8 “To be honest, the only sense of mystery about it, is why people find these detective novels interesting at all, honey.  They really are predictable, in a way, you know?  You know the murderer will get caught every time. It’s like reading something on railway tracks…” pleaded Brandy. “Ha ha…No punContinue reading “Lost in Brittany”