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A St. Helena Lullaby

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Parisian Fields

How far is St. Helena from a little child at play? What makes you want to wander there, with all the world between? Oh, mother, call your son again, or else he’ll run away, (No-one thinks of winter when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family history, Paris history, Toronto | Tagged Barry Edward O’Meara, Bellerophon, Fanny Bertrand, Hannah Pinnock, Henri-Felix-Emmanuel Philippoteaux, Henri-Gatien Bertrand, Jacques-Louis David, Longwood, Napoleon Bonaparte, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Nico Kingsmill, Retour des Cendres, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Hudson Lowe, Sir William Quiller Orchardson, St. Helena, William Kingsmill | 6 Comments

Far from the Madding Crowd

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Parisian Fields

Recently, the Financial Times posed the question: “Is now the right time to escape to the country?” The article contrasted “packed, polluted and pandemic-ridden cities” with the “space, greenery and lower prices” of the countryside. Now that people can leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Burgundy | Tagged Avallon, compagnonnage, Financial times, Hundred Years War, Patrice Roy, Raffl et Cie, Rudyard Kipling | 5 Comments

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