tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post7205970012075355637..comments2024-03-02T00:35:02.272-08:00Comments on Louise Penny: Champlain's dream - if not his bodyLouise Penny Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10316557270587688970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-38083368236555202832009-01-31T09:03:00.000-08:002009-01-31T09:03:00.000-08:00Dear Frouch -Quitye right! OK - here goes...sadly...Dear Frouch -<BR/><BR/>Quitye right! OK - here goes...sadly Michael and I had exactly the same thing but it was fabulous...<BR/><BR/>Started with Terrine, with paper thin sliced yellow beets. for the main course we had confit de canard (duck) and for dessert a chocolate mousse with mango.<BR/><BR/>And a marvelous espresso. <BR/><BR/>Oh, oh. Now I'm drooling. Michael!!Louise Penny Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316557270587688970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-15868573118357043502009-01-31T09:00:00.000-08:002009-01-31T09:00:00.000-08:00Dear Hum -Hmmm - there's a thought - they took the...Dear Hum -<BR/><BR/>Hmmm - there's a thought - they took the father of Quebec back to be buried with his royal family. You combine a bunch of conspiracies. And, though you don't give a fig whre he's buried you're warned...you have a year and a half (until this book comes out) to develop a passionate caring. Get started, Hum.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the idea - fun!Louise Penny Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316557270587688970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-48805910260374375672009-01-31T07:15:00.000-08:002009-01-31T07:15:00.000-08:00Dear Louise,This is wonderful! I am so glad for y...Dear Louise,<BR/><BR/>This is wonderful! I am so glad for you. Thanks also for reminding me that dreams are not just something that lay deep inside the heart.<BR/><BR/>This being said, let's talk about the serious stuff. So, Michael invited you at the best restaurant in Quebec, and we don't even get a tiny peak at the menu??? You leave us drooling without knowing exactly why??? How cruel...<BR/><BR/>Take care!<BR/><BR/>Frouch XXXfrouchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834394642251547523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-90637697502504661132009-01-31T06:54:00.000-08:002009-01-31T06:54:00.000-08:00if truth be told i don't give too much of a hu...if truth be told i don't give too much of a huge fig where the remains lie. the theory that the gravesite got dug up & the earth transferred to landfill in the port sounds practical & possible to me.<BR/><BR/>however, now that all the excitement of the NY times bestseller & the blizzard have passed, it feels like december 27 here chez louise, those days between boxing day & new year's when all the frivolous activities break out. so perhaps i could launch a wildly improbable thought. <BR/><BR/>in the articles of capitulation to the battle of the plains of abraham, everything seems so marquis-of-queensbury, like toy tin soldiers settling up. i especially like the detail that the french soldiers are to march out from the walled citadel with drums beating, tambours battants, and be escorted onto waiting british ships that are to deliver them to the first french port.<BR/><BR/>interesting how the british just happened to have all those extra empty ships at anchor, ready & provisioned to take a few thousand prisoners on board and set out on the perilous 2-month journey across the north atlantic.<BR/><BR/>did they manage to take champlain with them. after all, he was supposed to be the illegitimate son of the french king, wasn't he.<BR/><BR/>well, it's more fun than chinese vegetables.<BR/><BR/>btw where are montcolm & wolfe buried.humble_piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573073947464059284noreply@blogger.com