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Low life

Happiness is a chainsaw and a maul in the rain and the mud

Provence in the rain is as miserable as anywhere else but Charlie came to the rescue with his power tool

10 October 2015

9:00 AM

10 October 2015

9:00 AM

It rained all day long last Friday in Provence, and it rained all night, and on Saturday morning it was still raining. The rain fell out of a lowering, field-grey blanket of a sky. After breakfast and a wash, we assembled in the living room wondering what to do with ourselves on a day such as this.

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