Leah resides at Residence de Brocéliande (Retirement Home), a short stroll from the village. In her day, Leah was the Secretary to the Commanding Officer at Coëtquidan, the French military academy for Officer Training in Brittany. She is totally deaf, unrelentingly charming and always smiling. We get on well, as I'm deaf too! In less clement weather, she's still outdoors reading...albeit better insulated.
She reads it every day...she's well attuned to what's going on.