Emerald Isle Gal

A personal yet informative take on France's small to middling towns -- the scenic, the offbeat, and the nitty-gritty.

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

I write about my experiences & observations in France; Wildlife & Conservation; Travel; Sustainable Food; Cheese-making; Painting & the Arts.

Tony Dawson was born in London in 1937 and has lived in Seville in Andalusia since 1989. He has 2 collections Afterthoughts and Musings. Flash fiction: "Curiouser and Curiouser".

Substack on Irish food culture, its history and our investigations of contemporary Irish food at Aniar restaurant in Galway, Ireland.

Writing about post-trauma badassery, unapologetic ageing, gardening as resistance, menopausal resurrection, slow travel & van life joyrides, and neurospicy chaos.

Adventures in foraging frugally and scavenging sustainably while living and eating well.

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