Location:
Domfront France
Chapter Name
RedExpHat Society of Domfront
Chapter Mascot
Ruby Bear
Royal Title
La Reine Mere de Domfront
About Me
Retired British journalist and PR manager now living in the south west of Normandy, France.
I took early retirement five years ago to set up a videography business, but broke both legs within weeks. I got a taste for the life of Riley and have not worked since! Never been bored for one single moment either!
Interests
Red Hatting (of course)
Family History Learning the French language and way of life
Hobbies
Travel
Photography Videography Watercolour painting Gardening
Music
Wide ranging from jazz to classical, pop to opera. It all depends on my mood.
Met the Beatles before they became famous
Movies
West Side Story (cry every time), Un Homme et Une Femme, The Pianist
TV
Love Eggheads and watch the French equivalent of Countdown 'Des Chiffres et des Lettres' every evening.
Books
Favourite authors in no particular order
Susan Howatch, John Grisham, Michael Connelly (read all his books in French), Dean Koontz, Patricia Cornwell, and Jonathan Kellerman. This bias towards detective stories may have something to do with my past history as a crime correspondent. Also read all the Harry Potter series in French. It looked like it might be easy when I saw the first book. Got a bit more complicated towards the end, but I'm well up on French wizardry vocab!
Likes
The scent of roses
Friendly outgoing people Shopping (I go wild in the aisles when I get to the UK as there are few things to buy in this rural part of France)
Dislikes
Moaners
Narrow minded people Tripe, gizzards, animal heads and trotters - which one must actually work hard to avoid in this part of the world!
Vices
Can Be Lazy
Chocolate Ice Cream
Virtues
Sense of humour
Loyalty Generosity
Family
Widow for more than 21 years. Two daughters, Charlotte and Sophie, sons in law Paul and Phil and grandchildren Liam (14), Lily (11), Lewis (10) and Emily (9).
Are you a Mother?
Yes
Are you a Grandmother?
Yes
Pet(s)
Not at present. I'm a cat person but feel that the situation of my home is unsuitable. I would dread going outside and finding my pet had been hit by a car.
'Muriel' the Pluriel is my surrogate pet, even though she is a bright orange Citroen. |
Paris Update
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 07:52 PM CET
[General]
Hie Everyone I have been absent from here for so long, as I have been busy dealing with the registrations for the Funvention at Disneyland, which is only just over six months away now! If you have not registered and are thinking about it, just please get in touch with me to find out more. I have twice tried to put all the details on the blog, and lost it, so just call me if you want to know more.
Hugs Sue La Reine de Domfront and Handmaiden to Minnie Mouse Paris is still going ahead
Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 08:46 PM CET
[General]
Hello Red Hat Friends Just to let everyone know that the plans for Paris are still going ahead. In fact as you can see above I checked in with Mickey and his friends quite recently (my two granddaughters came over for their school holidays in May) I do not keep sending out emails when nothing is changing, but some people seem to be worried because they have not heard from me for a while. Registration for this fun event will open towards the end of October. For anyone who has not yet heard about the Paris funvention, it is taking place at Disneyland Paris from 1-3 October 2010 and is open to all nationalities of Red Hatters. Please let me know if you want to have details and join the mailing list. The list is divided into countries so let me know where you are from and that is all you need to do for now. See you in Paris! Sue La Reine de Domfront
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I just checked google map. I see you are at the hub of an old Roman centre maybe. Are there significant ruins there? artifacts museum?
Fabulous Empress Tik...Are you living expatriate in Domfront, France?
03:58 AM CET