Clare and Fran invited us to theirs last night - and lo! Charles, Frans brother, and his wife Louise were there since they are waiting to complete on their new home in Chalabre. So they'll be near neighbours and very welcome too, fine additions to the tribe.
They are as erudite and drole as Fran and Clare so the evening passed very quickly in laughter and joyful greed (in my case anyway, must stop eating so much) Onion soup, cuisse de canard, pear tart. Yum.
A tinge of sadness at the news of the funeral of Edmonde Bonnet, a lady of impeccable character and a force in the town. Last time I saw her, before the illness that saw her off, she was saying that she had lived too long and wanted out. Others who saw her in hospital said she felt she was in prison. She was 94 and won't be forgotten - she was the widow of Dr Bonnet and had worked in the health service here all her life, touching many lives. She also worked as a volunteer in the local food bank (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurants_du_C%C5%93ur) in her great old age! A model for us all.
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