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We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

la Comedie Francaise


During April and May the small paper signs appear in most towns. They announce the annual piece de theatre by the local troupe. In our little village we have les Amuses-Gueules who put on a comedy each year. They are the same 5 or 6 folks who love comedy, theatre, and to ham it up in front of their neighbors. Last night was the first time we have been here to attend a show. We know most of the group and stage helpers and as it turned out other villagers who attended. It was a typical farce with doors opening and closing, funny accents, missed telephone calls, and men wrapped in towels. It was well attended and truly a night to be en fete. A special note, not many stage sets have an award winning quilt on the wall. At left is Isabell's quilt which won first prize in the September Patchwork de Pays-Foyen exhibition.

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