Michael Leuty
@mike.leuty.fr
Anglais de souche, français de préférence. Retired GP, retired church organist. Grateful grandfather. Doing his best to learn German.
http://leuty.fr
http://leuty.fr
Christmas in Nottingham's Old Market Square.
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Christmas in Nottingham's Old Market Square.
Am Baden-Badener Christkindelsmarkt.
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Am Baden-Badener Christkindelsmarkt.
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Le château fort de Fleckenstein, dans le nord d'Alsace.
July 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Le château fort de Fleckenstein, dans le nord d'Alsace.
First poppy of the season.
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
First poppy of the season.
The inside wall of the north porch of Southwell Minster. This part of the minster was built in the 12th century. The arches inside the building are semi-circular in the Norman style, but here we can see how interlocking semi-circular arches produced the later pointed gothic arches.
April 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The inside wall of the north porch of Southwell Minster. This part of the minster was built in the 12th century. The arches inside the building are semi-circular in the Norman style, but here we can see how interlocking semi-circular arches produced the later pointed gothic arches.
What we did on our half-term holiday. (Drawing by Inès from a photograph taken by a passer-by in the Place des Héros, Arras.)
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What we did on our half-term holiday. (Drawing by Inès from a photograph taken by a passer-by in the Place des Héros, Arras.)
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A conservative French news magazine brightening up the Paris news stands … hard to overstate the damage Trump is doing to his and USA’s reputation among allies (sic)
March 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A conservative French news magazine brightening up the Paris news stands … hard to overstate the damage Trump is doing to his and USA’s reputation among allies (sic)
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Photo of the Day.
Allies.
Allies.
March 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Photo of the Day.
Allies.
Allies.
A timeline cleanse for you: I took a photo of my dog, Monty (front left) and his friends, but it looks like they have just recorded their second studio album. 😂 🐕🦺
#dogsofbluesky #dog #cockapoo #love #mansbestfriend #life #walk #explore #photography
#dogsofbluesky #dog #cockapoo #love #mansbestfriend #life #walk #explore #photography
February 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We visited the national Canadian memorial on Vimy ridge with our granddaughter last week.
February 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We visited the national Canadian memorial on Vimy ridge with our granddaughter last week.
Hello BWV 729 my old friend,
I’ve come to practice you again…
I’ve come to practice you again…
December 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Hello BWV 729 my old friend,
I’ve come to practice you again…
I’ve come to practice you again…
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My piece on France's chaos in The Times tomorrow... www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
In the new age of French chaos, hard right and left call the shots
After ousting a PM for the first time in 62 years, the parties of Le Pen and Mélenchon seem bent on more instability. The Fifth Republic is on dangerous ground
www.thetimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:40 PM
My piece on France's chaos in The Times tomorrow... www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Health and Safety to the fore at Nausicáa, Boulogne-sur-Mer, April 2023.
November 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Health and Safety to the fore at Nausicáa, Boulogne-sur-Mer, April 2023.
Under the dome of the Basilique Notre-Dame in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
November 17, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Under the dome of the Basilique Notre-Dame in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
It's remarkable how the quality of the camera available in the average person's pocket has improved over the past 42 years.
October 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
It's remarkable how the quality of the camera available in the average person's pocket has improved over the past 42 years.
Noch einmal froh wie Gott in Frankreich.
September 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Noch einmal froh wie Gott in Frankreich.
The stairs leading to the chapter house of Wells Cathedral in Somerset. They are quite worn as they date from 1286. The stairs beyond the turn to the chapter house date from 1460. Photo taken on our choir's visit to Wells in September 2017.
September 5, 2024 at 8:06 PM
The stairs leading to the chapter house of Wells Cathedral in Somerset. They are quite worn as they date from 1286. The stairs beyond the turn to the chapter house date from 1460. Photo taken on our choir's visit to Wells in September 2017.
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“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter.”
~ Richard Feynman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
~ Richard Feynman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
September 1, 2024 at 7:13 PM
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter.”
~ Richard Feynman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
~ Richard Feynman
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
The day my first child went to senior school I thought life was passing rather quickly. Tomorrow my first grandchild takes that step.
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur anni.
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur anni.
August 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
The day my first child went to senior school I thought life was passing rather quickly. Tomorrow my first grandchild takes that step.
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur anni.
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur anni.
Ten years after retirement I still ruminate on the things I didn’t get right, forgetting that mostly I did things well. But today I had a chance meeting with another retired GP who told me she had joined our practice as a patient specifically because she thought I was good at dealing with people...
August 28, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Ten years after retirement I still ruminate on the things I didn’t get right, forgetting that mostly I did things well. But today I had a chance meeting with another retired GP who told me she had joined our practice as a patient specifically because she thought I was good at dealing with people...
Nearly four-year-old granddaughter asks "where is my books?" and then immediately corrects herself: "where are my books?". No-one has formally taught her to conjugate the verb 'to be', she just knows what sounds right. Amazing.
August 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Nearly four-year-old granddaughter asks "where is my books?" and then immediately corrects herself: "where are my books?". No-one has formally taught her to conjugate the verb 'to be', she just knows what sounds right. Amazing.
Excellent advice which I shall try to follow. Done it once, so far.
I'd second this, fwiw. Every expert analysis I've seen of how toxicity spreads on X notes that any engagement with the toxin, even as rebuttal, ridicule, pillory, is just a variant of amplification. Block the bad, share the good is what works.
Remember: Bluesky is not Xitter!
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
The goal is to build something better
One key thing to do is "block and don’t interact"
Don’t quote post dumb posts
Don’t reply to bad actors, trolls, reply guys, and extremists
Just block them
Life is too short to be wasted on idiocy and toxicity
August 19, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Excellent advice which I shall try to follow. Done it once, so far.
Et me voilà, encore dans mon pays de préférence. Froh wie Gott in Frankreich!
April 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Et me voilà, encore dans mon pays de préférence. Froh wie Gott in Frankreich!