The garlic pickers hard at work as we head off after our morning walk to the waterfall .
A strawberry tart, a lemon meringue pie or something chocolaty the sum total of the bakers offerings this morning. We are unimpressed. The PONs get their croissant slivers and, for the second day in a row, a water bowl with ice cubes. Bobs excitement at finding ice cubes floating in his water has not diminished from yesterday
Popcorn. Sweet Chilli Cheese with Tabasco or Sweet Chilli BBQ with Tabasco. Too early in the morning to consider how awful these might be.
The wonderful pineapples from La Reunion finished. They've become a breakfast staple.This morning we have a choice of pineapples from Benin, Ghana or Costa Rica. We buy two of the Benin variety but are prepared for them not being the same.
World Cup fever has hit France. The village hall has a wide screen television set up ( in fact it's the largish set owned by the old widow at the crossroads and pressed into communal service by her grandson ) so that the farmers and their offspring can watch Les Bleus proceed to victory. In the supermarket you can buy a German, Brazilian, Italian or Portuguese tee shirt. Hard luck if you're a local supporter. If you want flip flops then you can buy them in both French and English colours although the English team has the Union Jack rather than the Flag of St.George on them. You need to be a Scot to appreciate the difference.
If you only read one thing this week or month - read this. Stick with it through the opening paragraphs. On his way to school he helped his mother clean the lavatories in the hotel she worked in : https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/raheem-sterling-england-it-was-all-a-dream
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In London earlier this week I was surprised by the lack of evidence for World Cup fever. But then I was in Chelsea, and how many English people live there these days?
The strawberry tart looks nice. We would eat one very day.
Alas no need for rugby fever in France - not much to celebrate tonight, the match has just finished here. The world cup seems fun though, and it will be interesting to see who wins.
No interest in football at all, so avoiding any mention wherever possible !
Agree, the baker's selection are somewhat uninspiring but if there were croissant slivers, and ice cubes in the water, it was at least a good start to the day for the PON's !
No World Cup Fever here, there's some other kind of "fever" that's gripped the US that I just hope isn't fatal.
Raheem's story is certainly an inspiring one. Such devotion on the part of his mother and sister, who devoted so much of her own teen years to his success. This story of family love makes the tragedy of what is happening on our border as children are being separated from their parents all the more poignant. And there are young boys who came north on their own during, I believe, the Obama administration who are still living in institutions. Many of them are probably about the same age Raheem was when he signed with Liverpool. What on earth will become of them?
Marvelous, just marvelous. May we all be willing to step up and be role models and mentors for kids like Raheem...
He's wonderful!!
What a lovely, lovely, lovely link. Thank you and altho I didn't think about it at the time I understand why yesterday you quoted Chaucers words 'Welcome the wanderer ,Make home for those yn neede , Acknowledge sharid fragility,These are the bravest deedes' xxxx Lynn and Metro in Rye.
What a story! Everyone should read this and wake up!
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