Peaceful Holidays
=================

I spend  a week in a  very small place  in Lorraine, after a  week in
Paris.  The contrast  between the  biggest french  city and  the very
quiet village with only three hundred people is quite pleasant.

In this part of the country, the big deal, at this period of year, is
the  picking of  mirabelles, a  golden and  very sweet  plum. In  the
orchard  in the  back  of my  great  parents' house,  we  have a  few
mirabelliers and the plums are now perfect.

The weather  is great and  I spend the  afternoons by reading  in the
orchard a large  book about Marcus Aurelius  philosophy. This reading
suits remarkably well to this place.

Walking, talking, reading, cooking. Happiness is simple, in a way.