by loirevalleychateau | Aug 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I first met Cleone, she informed me I was “a silly boy” – I was then aged forty-five. Over the next eight years, Cleone often had cause to remark upon my foolish ways, and one of her time-proven cures for self-pity was working in her garden. Thanks to her,...
by loirevalleychateau | Aug 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
As I write this, I am listening to One-Way Pendulum by The Johnny Scott Quartet and watching the start of a thunderstorm. It is one of those August evenings where the gaps in the clouds illuminate the sunflowers, and if I were feeling even more pseud-like than usual,...