Ladies Lunch Club meeting March 2015

Dear Ladies,

Our next lunch is being held on

Tuesday 10th March at 

The Commerce Restaurant, Place de Cordeliers in Nogaro at 12.30 pm 

and we do hope you will be able to join us.

MENU

17€ (wine included)

Terrine de Saumon – Maison

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Roti de Porc avec pommes sauté et tomates provencals

(Roast Pork with small fried potatoes and herbstuffed tomatoes)

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Flan Caramel

(Egg custard desert with caramel sauce)

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The vegetarian option is fish (raie or skate if available)

Again we ask you to make your reservation on the Booking Form (attached in members email) and submit it by Friday 6th March.

Should you have any difficulty in booking, please contact Kate Notman on lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com.

Payment on the day can be made in cash or by cheque made out to 

Ladies Lunch Club de l’Armagnac.

We would appreciate this being in an envelope with your name on it.

We would like to thank all the members who attended our Annual General Meeting and lunch last month February 2015. 

It was a jolly occasion and our thanks go to Michelle and Dagmar for serving a delicious meal. For those who were unable to attend, a summary of the Meeting is attached, which we hope you will take a few minutes to read.

We are continuing with our collection of plastic tops, to be re-cycled into chairs for the handicapped, and also any used postage stamps.

There will also be a video and CD exchange, so please bring along any you no longer want.

We will also be having the Raffle (proceeds go towards subsidising the Christmas Lunch and Helping Hands) so please if you have an unwanted gift, or something you have made yourself, which someone else might appreciate please do bring it along.

Looking forward to seeing you on the day.

Your LLC committee

Bookclub meeting on 19th February 2015

LLC Bookclub - What's next?

For the 2015 February bookclub meeting on the 19th, at 2.30 pm at the usual venue,

we have chosen the theme of  Sisters

As with our last theme, you find whatever you like, however tight or loose an association with sisters.

My sister says i hate her, 

she does, she does! 

My sister says she hates me, 

she does, she does! 

My sister doesn't know i love her, 

she doesn't, she doesn't! 

i don't know if my sister loves me, 

i don't, i don't!

cma andrews

 

Nice to see you all last Thursday. January 2015:  Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay: 

9 of us huddled round the fire at our venue last Thursday to discuss our January book.  

A memorable book, not life changing, but one that described the Val d’Hiv, the roundup of Jewish families in Paris in 1942 and the part the French Police played in it.  The explicit scenes of their encampment and the guilt that Sarah lived with for not being able to save her brother, were harrowing and upsetting.  After the initial account of Paris in 1942,  the story line is lightened somewhat by the authors married life and life in modern day Paris. Her ‘fever’ to trace Sarah’s whereabouts drove her to Italy and the US, another pregnancy and ultimate marriage break down and it was at this point that we felt the book slightly fell apart.  But all in all, a good informative and moving read.

Made in to a film in 2010 with Kristin s.Scott Thoma

March book is "Song of Time" by Ian Macleod: 

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award: 

"Roushana Maitland has known great fame and great sorrow throughout her long life. As a world-renowned musician, she was the queen of the Paris bohemians even as nuclear war raged elsewhere around the globe. She lost a beloved brother in a terrorist-created biological nightmare. She sometimes relished, sometimes endured her marriage to a brilliant and unpredictable conductor. Now, she lives out her days on the rugged Cornish coast, remembering past glories and heartbreaks. She struggles with the decision to let her life slip away, or choose a virtual existence for eternity, as so many of her friends and acquaintances have already done.

Then, one day, she discovers a naked young man who has washed up on the beach. She brings him home, dresses him in her husband’s clothes, and calls him “Adam.” As this strange arrival convalesces, Roushana shares her stories and her secrets, recounting the personal landmarks in a remarkable life lived in a world gone mad, even as his own past remains a mystery."

Look forward to seeing you then.

For more information about any of the above or our next meeting and venue, please contact:

LLC secretary: lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com

or 

join our LLC blog here: follow by email 

(click on this link if you want regular info)

LLC Calendar - diary February 2015

LADIES LUNCH CLUB de l’Armagnac

some Dates for your Diary February 2015

Thursday 5th February 2015	Garden Group visit to Les Sourciers potager aquatique, Lagraulet du Gers. Visit Marion & Nicolas Sarle. www.lessourciers.com see gardengroup page
Tuesday 10th February 2015	Tuesday 10th February, 11 am Annual General Meeting followed by lunch at the Salle de Fetes at Reans
Thursday 5th March 2015	Garden Group visit to Environmentally Friendly Gardening Workshop with Jonathan Peat www.jonathanstours.com
Tuesday 10th March 2015	Tuesday 10th March, 12.30pm Ladies Lunch – venue to be confirmed
Saturday 14th March 2015	Soiree Irlandaise at the Salle des Fetes, Nogaro Featuring the musical group et Celterra From 20h00, meal 15 euros 05.62.69.02.66 Chantel Rey
Sunday 26th April 2015	Day of Art & Nature at Reans 10h00 to 19h00 To book a free 2m stand please contact Corinne on 06.08.48.17.76 or Corinne.mogni@orange.fr

URGENT REQUEST FROM HELPING HANDS GROUP:

Pam Savage is urgently seeking someone with a 4x4 or van who can help to move a medical chair from Reans

to Magnan, near Le Houga. The chair is heavy and needs careful handling, preferably two strong men. If anyone

can help with this please call Pam on 05.62.09.78.73

OBLIGATORY SMOKE ALARMS:

You may be interested to learn that as from 8^th March 2015 it will become obligatory to have at least one smoke alarm fitted in your residence. Alarms should be marked CE and conform to NF EN14604. In the case of fire you should call 18 immediately and leave the building, closing all doors after you and move away to safety. If you find yourself trapped inside the building then close the door and place wet towels at the base of doorway. Move to a window and wait for assistance.

LLC GARDEN GROUP 2015 PROGRAMME

LADIES LUNCH CLUB DE L’ARMAGNAC

GARDEN GROUP 2015 PROGRAMME

Thursday 5 February 2.30 pm	Les Sourciers potager aquatique, Lagraulet du Gers www.lessourciers.com Marion et Nicolas Sarlé LD La Berdale	Meet at Susan Oglesby’s LD Caubeyre, 32330 Lagraulet du Gers
Thursday 5 March morning + afternoon to be confirmed	Environmentally Friendly Gardening workshop Jonathan Peat www.jonathanstours.com	Venue to be confirmed
Thursday 2 April morning + afternoon to be confirmed	Jardin Massy, Tarbes + Pepinière Bernard Lacrouts, Sanous	Meet for picnic in Jardin Massy, Tarbes then on to pèpinière
Thursday 7 May 2.30	Rose talk & tour with Betty Hook www.frenchtearose.com 32290 Bouzon-Gellenave
Thursday 4 June 2.30	Le Grand Casse 32480 Larroque-Engalin nr La Romieu
Thursday 2 July 2.30	Les Jardins de la Poterie Hillen + Le Jardin de la Source 65230 Thermes Magnoac
Thursday 6 August time to be confirmed	Suggestion to visit 2-3 members’ garden in the same locality : to be confirmed
Thursday 3 September 2.30	Pepinière Le Hour pepiniereslehour.com near Eauze
Thursday 1 October 2.30	Les Jardins de Coursiana www.jardinsdecoursiana.com near La Romieu
Thursday 5 November 2.30	Talk by a member of the Garden group : to be confirmed
Thursday 3 December time to be confirmed	Christmas decorations workshop