Jottings from Mort Limouzin.

This week all sorts of things, great and small seem to have happened, so I thought I`ld write a sort of odds and ends edition to bring people up to date.
    The most serious event is the death on Wednesday of Mamy Madelaine, as she was known to us, more properly described as Mme. Madelaine Marilleau. She was the mother of our friend Samy, mother-in -law of Denise, and was 98 years old.  She has been ill for some time and was in a rest home at Les Touches de Perigné. The funeral will be on Saturday at the Salle Communale de Sonnac, her village. I am sure there will be a large turn-out of family and friends. She was a lovely old lady with a twinkling eye, and we were very fond of her. She formed a strong bond with our granddaughter, Kerri, in spite of their having no common language.
    A continuation of the story of the problems of the local Catholic church at Loubillé following the death of the Curé, Pere Ribot-- the meeting of parishioners which Kim attended on Monday as interpreter for Sarah decided that the church would be run by a committee of worshippers aided by a part- time priest shared between several parishes. A further meeting will be held to thrash out details.

   Followers of this blog will be concerned to hear that Sox has been ill for a week with his first experience of cat-flu, an illness which can be serious with cats, especially young ones. It has flu-like symptoms but is caused by a different bug to the human variety. You will be glad to hear that he is slowly recovering and has been much more his old self these last two days, though still sneezing occasionally.
   Finally, on a happier note I am pleased to be able to report that our insurance company, AXA made a most satisfactory settlement of our claim resulting from the lightning-strike which damaged our telephone and hot-water heater-tank. After the terrible service we received from Weldom when we tried to replace the damaged heating element we were pessimistic and thought the insurance would hide behind red tape and lack of a professional electrician`s report. However, they came up trumps and dealt with the matter with no fuss, even waiving the excess as we had made no claim on the policy for three years. Credit where it`s due and can recommend them!
    Well, that brings us up-to-date on a somewhat mixed bag of news, so I`ll finish now. It`s time for tea!

                       Bye for now!