The Social Whirl
When JM broke his tooth in August, we were lucky in our discovery of a wonderful dentist who has since become a good friend. He is also very active in the Rotary Club of Limoux.
This past week, he invited us to an aperitif that he was holding in a beautifully restored mill down by the river in Limoux. We met about two dozen of the local Rotary members and had a swell time.
We talked about it on the way home and compared it to some Chamber of Commerce functions we had attended in L.A. It was odd, because at the ones in L.A. we often wound up not talking to anyone but each other, whereas in Limoux we spent the whole evening talking to a wide variety of other guests. Honestly, we couldn't come up with why that should be. I don't know if we have changed or if the crowd is different. Certainly one would think that it would be easier to find a variety of different subjects to discuss in a big city than a small one, but that was not the case at all.
Then, we've had lots of interesting local visits as well; part-time Chalabre American residents, the Clintons (no, not THOSE Clintons!) are back for their semi-annual stay. We had breakfast and fun conversation with them yesterday. And, we've been spending time helping our friend Les deal with artisans and planning permissions on his house on Cours Sully. Plus, neighbors Yves and Hélène are here for most of the week, as both of them have taken a couple of weeks of vacation. I'm sure we'll get to play some Tarot while they're here.
The big social event of this week is planned for Saturday. It is the awarding of prizes in the first, Chalabre short story competition. This year's theme was the Cathars and we had a whole slew of great entries. The collection of the top 18 stories just came in from the printer and everyone is quite excited about the whole thing. Four of the entrants (two of the winners and two others who made it into the book) are coming to town for the ceremony and we're expecting a crowd of around 40 people for the dinner.
It should be lots of fun and we're already planning next year's contest; this one will be on the theme of Carnaval. Anyone out there who writes in French, get your thinking caps on. Details will be available in January.
Ciao for now.
Randy
This past week, he invited us to an aperitif that he was holding in a beautifully restored mill down by the river in Limoux. We met about two dozen of the local Rotary members and had a swell time.
We talked about it on the way home and compared it to some Chamber of Commerce functions we had attended in L.A. It was odd, because at the ones in L.A. we often wound up not talking to anyone but each other, whereas in Limoux we spent the whole evening talking to a wide variety of other guests. Honestly, we couldn't come up with why that should be. I don't know if we have changed or if the crowd is different. Certainly one would think that it would be easier to find a variety of different subjects to discuss in a big city than a small one, but that was not the case at all.
Then, we've had lots of interesting local visits as well; part-time Chalabre American residents, the Clintons (no, not THOSE Clintons!) are back for their semi-annual stay. We had breakfast and fun conversation with them yesterday. And, we've been spending time helping our friend Les deal with artisans and planning permissions on his house on Cours Sully. Plus, neighbors Yves and Hélène are here for most of the week, as both of them have taken a couple of weeks of vacation. I'm sure we'll get to play some Tarot while they're here.
The big social event of this week is planned for Saturday. It is the awarding of prizes in the first, Chalabre short story competition. This year's theme was the Cathars and we had a whole slew of great entries. The collection of the top 18 stories just came in from the printer and everyone is quite excited about the whole thing. Four of the entrants (two of the winners and two others who made it into the book) are coming to town for the ceremony and we're expecting a crowd of around 40 people for the dinner.
It should be lots of fun and we're already planning next year's contest; this one will be on the theme of Carnaval. Anyone out there who writes in French, get your thinking caps on. Details will be available in January.
Ciao for now.
Randy
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