Jane Mann: Three on the Table by Ellen Hall Between writing the must-have “A Day Out” for P.O. Life (of which she is co-editor), guide books and novels and being “a seaside landlady”, Jane…
Thursday 26th February Finally I am having the luxury of sitting down at the computer and writing a Mumble. Time has slipped away in a flurry of family visitors and guests in the barn. Life…
Solidarité: Lansac à la bougie (Solidarity: Lansac by candlelight) by Basil Howitt Basil Howitt relives some of the hairy and heartening moments of Tempête Klaus. It raged through the P.-O. at a top speed…
TGV Perpignan -Barcelona: Will I live long enough? by Basil Howitt Basil Howitt sends an update on the progress of the new TGV link between Perpignan and Barcelona. He also wonders if he…
Tuesday 30th December (not quite a January 2009 mumble but nearly!!!) Another Christmas has come and gone. All the preparations that were made have now all faded away and only the memories and a few…
D-L Nelson: Devotion to the Written Word By Ellen Hall I talked to D-L Nelson in a café in Argelès. She was in her regular seat facing the door, red hair and wide-rimmed glasses over…
Health Treatment in France – breast cancer by Penelope Parkinson When Frank and I moved to the P-O at the end of…
Friday 12th December Many apologies to all the folks awaiting with baited breath for a Mumble. I am afraid “the Mumbler” was struck down last week and was rushed into the Clinic in Prades.I am…
C’est La Folie by Michael Wright reviewed by Julia Witherspoon Michael Wright has penned this true and very witty book based on his own real life French adventure. In the late summer of 2004 he…
2 Maria Lluis: Elegance from simple materials 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Maria Lluis’s atelier is on a nondescript street in Perpignan. Push the gate and ring the bell. She opens the door onto…