I've written before about my sister Kathleen and her husband Tom Merello. They were the inspiration for one of my "dix mots" stories for my French Class with Christiane recently. I had so much fun with it that I shared it with Kat when we spoke over the phone last week...lots of long distance laughing! I'm sure she wouldn't mind if I share our fictional story with you.
Dix Mots-Ten Words-plat-(M) platter; cocotte (F) stew pan; oeil (M) eye; corps (M) body; arc en ciel (M) rainbow; foudre (F) lightening; léger light; papillon (M) butterfly; soeur (F) sister; beau-père (M) father-in-law
In English-My sister Kathleen and I are very close. When I go to St. Louis, we don't cook together. One day, we decided to cook something light in a stew-pan and serve it to her husband Tom and her father-in-law at her home. We cooked chili-light. Kathleen had sauce in her eye. I had garlic, celery, and green pepper on my body and in the pockets of my overalls. We were very hungry. When we sat at the table with Tom and his father, we put the bowl on a very pretty platter with French bread. Our dinner was so magnificent. There was lightening, a rainbow, and a huge monarch butterfly came to sit on the platter. Mr. Merello told Kathleen: "It's okay with me if you stay here!"
En Français-Ma soeur Kathleen et moi sommes trés intime. Quand je vais à St. Louis nous n'avons pas cuisiné ensemble. Un jour, nous décidions de cuire quelque choses léger dans une cocotte et le servions a son marie Tom et son beau-père chez elle. Nous avons cuit chili léger. Kathleen avait de la sauce tomate dans son oeil. J'avais ail, celerie, et poivre vert sur mon corps et dans les poches de ma salopette. Nous avions très faim. Quand nous nous asseyions a table avec Tom et son père, nous mettions la jatte sur un très joli plat avec du pain français. Notre répas était tellement magnifique. Qu'il y avait la foudre, un arc en ciel et un grand papillon monarch qui est venu s'asseoir sur le plat. Monsieur Merello a dit a Kathleen: "C'est bon avec moi si tu reste ici!"
The photos are of Kathleen and Tom at our launching pad in Cahors and some wonderful pink garlic (ail) from a journey into the market in Figeac. The only thing that would have made the trip to the market nicer would have been if Kat and Tom had been there to share the day with me!
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