Fieldnotes from La Maison

On stashes, hoarding, Dante, Duras and history.

My 10-year-old daughter clutches a crumpled paper bag.

Mar 9 • 

Susanna Crossman

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December 2024

“You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment…”

On Breton Christmas, holy water, Camembert and menhirs walking free from the earth

Dec 22, 2024 • 

Susanna Crossman

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November 2024

On being ‘Originale’, pink leopard skin trousers and social unrest à la française.

Nearly twenty years before moving into the granite house, after the Breton fisherman had stopped travelling to fish cod in Canada, I arrived in Rennes…

Nov 17, 2024 • 

Susanna Crossman

14

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Coming home...

It is always a surprise to return home, à la maison, from the busy streets of London, travelling from Britain on buses, tubes and then on ferries, or by…

Nov 10, 2024 • 

Susanna Crossman

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June 2024