- continuing where www.tilling-sur-aude.blogspot.com left off, with gossip and updates from a small French town
February 27, 2024
Kat's birthday
February 26, 2024
Back in Esperaza....
... the violets are out! That's about it, so far - when I find out anything else that has happened in the last week or so, will report.
In the meantime, handy hint: photograph all your cards and ID docs because when your wallet is stolen in Venice you can get a police crime number and show the stuff to the customs when you try to get back into France without your carte de sejour. (I travelled with the Rushtons which is how I know this) Also travelled with other friends from Esperaza, it was a very jolly ride.
For those who have expressed concern for my nephew Paddy, it is with great joy that I write that I was there, in the neurological rehabilitation hospital in York, when he took his first steps! He was paralysed with GBS late November and has made a recovery that seems miraculous.
I got the full story. His friends found him and got him to A and E in the nick of time, with one eye and a bit of the mouth functioning. He's 22; no age to die. Whapped onto the ventilator in Glasgow ( where he is a student at the Uni), moved by 'plane to hometown York ICU, hence to rehab. A long and terrifying nightmare-
Pads has been surrounded by love and care for all those desperate days. The family are amazing and his many friends ditto. As is Pads; humour and strength and courage shone out of the boy throughout..
February 8, 2024
captains birthday
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started in the Pont, of course, where we bumped into Barbara and Katherine. Nice. Then lunch at the auberge demi-sel, Quillan -
February 7, 2024
Pathway
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February 6, 2024
Esperaza night and day
Rose sent this, as made by her son Gary Reynolds - it shows our little village in all its glory! With some music to die for. Lovely. Thanks to Rose and Gary and the musician , probably Jose Gonzalez. Enjoy.
February 4, 2024
arts and market
Fab market, bright sunshine, crowds of folk - took this as it was closing for lunch.
Thence to a meeting of artists for the OFF, the local response to the Artists a Suivre.
The AaS is a wonderful organisation which exhibits 50 artists drawn from a large submission, generally from elsewhere. Local artists therefore piggy-back by opening their studios and exhibiting their work wherever they can at the same time (in May)
They are hoping to get together in a large space. Any ideas? If you'd like to contribute or join in, pop into the studio opposite the Tibetan takeaway - pref armed with 2 A4 sheets, CV and snaps of work. Strength in Unity :)
February 2, 2024
Sweet Feb
Strange sky, a couple of days ago... keep forgetting to photograph events but they are small and quiet so fol de rol. Tobys gone, back in March; Max and Andi here in a couple of weeks; Steve and Leslie are here; as are most of the regulars.