Chers tous,
Welcome back to your monthly
invitation to take part in local French news! A big thank you to everyone who
came along to hear about our recent trip to Europe. It is quite difficult to
talk about everyday life, to recount events, emotions and sensations, while at
the same time trying to interest your listeners, but I hope that Wal and I have
succeeded in giving you what you were hoping for and making you want to go away
somewhere, and why not to Normandy and Brittany? There are a thousand and one
reasons to visit these two regions, the history, the legends, the beauty, the
inspiration, the art… it’s all around you.
Our next get together is on 23
May, for the showing of the film-documentary “Notre-Dame on Fire”. A meticulous
reconstruction based on eyewitness accounts, cross-checking and expert reports,
this film is breathtaking and spectacular, instructive and captivating, a
masterpiece, which I urge you to come and see.
In this month's newsletter you
will find all our regular articles, including an interesting story written by
Frances Perkins on the acquisition of their property in the Lot region, and a
critique of the movie “Anatomy of a Fall” written by our talented Anh-Thu
Stuart.
In a few days, Mother's Day will
be upon us, and while in France mothers are given roses and lilies, in Australia
they are given chrysanthemums. Did you know that in France this is the cemetery
flower, the one that is placed on the graves in early November? Let me tell you
how surprised I was the first time I received a pot of chrysanthemums for
Mother's Day! I wish all mothers and the mothers-at-heart a beautiful bouquet
of flowers for Mother's Day.
Sylvie
