Entre Les Murs

Catching Up

Some random notes from the past week:

The weekend was sunny, warm and perfect. To heck with springtime in Paris, if this is typical of September. We did a little shopping on the left bank, being tempted by an Art Deco gouache that I may return to haggle over. We also did some poking about Au Vieux Camper in preparation for our sojourn to the South next weekend. We bought trekking poles and came away with a catalogue that makes the old Sears one look like pocket novel.

On Monday I went to talk to an energetic woman in the HR department of the OECD about employment opportunities there. I don't think there are any, and it's up to the HR department to match my skills to a position if there are - but fingers crossed.

Thursday evening we went to see D & T's twins, born last week and home for only a few days. Janet was disconcertingly enthralled, but she assures me it's because they were so small to be more like hairless kittens. All babies look like Winston Churchill to me, although these ones' weak flexing movements made them look like little Winston Churchill dolls animated for a Disneyland ride. We brought them a little stuffed fox and a lamb, from a Le Petit Prince gift collection.

posted 15.9.06