I am going to have to give myself lines, “I must check date every day. I must check date every day.” (I wonder if children still have to do lines at school when they are naughty, I did and we also had to ‘dub’ footballs in detention, back in the days of heavy leather footballs ! ) It completely escaped me that we are already in February. This is the thing when we are lucky enough to be retired, dates and days seem to have no relevance. Hands up those who don’t wake up every morning wondering what day it is !
Curfew is not bothering us much, I can’t remember when I wanted to stay out beyond 1800 but I am glad that we seem to have dodged the confinement bullet, for the moment anyway. I have nearly got through all my ‘to do’ list, so cannot put off any longer, working on my citizenship application ! I have downloaded the Livret du Citoyen and am enjoying reading it. Whether or not I can retain all the information remains to be seen !
Coffee mornings with a (very) few friends are important, but how I wish we talked about other things than the weather, vaccinations and residency cards ! Books and dvds are always top of my chat subjects at the moment, but how lovely it would be to talk holidays, village fetes and …….. The Book Sale ! Yes, we are hoping to have our Spring Book Sale the weekend after Easter, which means it will be the weekend of 10th April. Extending it to include the Sunday last time, so that the Saturday wouldn’t be too crowded, didn’t prove to be much of a success after all but we are going to give it another go. This time however everything will be the usual price, not 50% off as last time, this because 90% of the lovely people who came on the Sunday, insisted on paying full price anyway !
I am collecting books already and please, please, please remember, good condition ONLY. Not yellowing, musty pages complete with the insect and cobwebs collection from lofts, plus out of date (really out of date) maps and city guides. Sorry to be particular about this but poor Ernst spends days sometimes before the sales going round the rubbish bins in the Lot disposing of books that we cannot sell. Just ask yourself would you buy the book. If not, bin it or leave it on your shelf.
In the last newsletter I told you about Princess Rosiepops of Queen Latte and I am delighted to tell you that she has come on tremendously and will soon be looking for a home. Sadly I cannot keep her but I would like to be the one to home her. So, if you are young retired and lead a peaceful life, she is for you. No young children, perhaps, though not essential, an older calm dog. A garden, but long walks not necessary. This is a jewel of a dog and deserves the very best of homes.
Ok, back to studying, did you know that the Loire is the longest river in France ? Of course you did !
Stay safe,
Sue