Dieter, I must've misread the line in my comment on "The Other side of the Pond." It's corrected now! I like your most recent one too, and I don't think its fanciful elements are fey or treacly at all! I'd love to visit France, especially the countryside, but will never do it short of winning a multi-million dollar Lottery. The odds of my doing that are about the same as winning the Pulitzer Prize. Your Auntie