Warm winds today. Jeff & Renato at the church unloading lighting equipment. I am sitting at Rosa Rossa, a bar in Fenestrelle, my computer hooked into their phone line! It works!!!



Last night I stood in the below freezing dark as small cars whizzed by within inches of me at the Mentoulles bus stop for about a half hour waiting for Jeff to finally arrive, and I was glad I did, he looked so happy to see a familiar face! It was almost eight and everyone was seated around the table to toast his arrival. After all, if the exhibit isn’t lit -- who will be able to see all that complexity? From Canada, he brought a puck!! (thank you Ross & Nancy!) and The Globe & Mail! Everyone wanted to see what was happening at home, we sat with our noses in the paper, discussed politics briefly. Peter was on a roll. I think Sylvia is again trying to impress us with her excellent cooking because she heard (everyone knows everyone in Mentoulles) that I had looked at an apartment (we have more people than Meizoun can hold). Another excellent meal, she can really turn it on -- the pasta some creamy thing with walnuts. Waiting for Jeff, I saw Raphael, who is host at the new apartment. He was unloading two new mattresses from a truck, in preparation for us! Tomorrow Al.