This last ten days I have taken leave of absence from La Chaise. Of course, as a control freak, I could not go without leaving many, many written instructions. I don’t know why I bother to bother my little blonde head with these instructions. Arnold knows...
Drama in Perigueux’s courtroom! A woodland proprietor was claiming damages, with interest, from her neighbour who had carelessly allowed his bonfire to damage her trees. Claim: her financial loss was otherwise irreparable. (Yes, the price of wood has recently...
Arnold is no longer simply ‘the wonderful Arnold’ but ‘the wonderful, eagle-eyed Arnold’. Amongst all the leafless trees around, he spotted an oak that was dead, dangerously dead. Of course, sod’s law – la loi de l’emmerdement...
Since last week I have been brooding about Ahmed, the fork-tongued, pointy shoed, fast talking, self-declared roofing expert. Or rather I have been brooding over the almost impossible task of selecting excellent, reliable artisans. One way is simply to pick up a card... 