From 'La Mole' to Penge

For instance being at home sick (with nothing major) for a week would have felt rather appealing only last week; now I'm on day 4 and I'm going stir crazy!

Also the repeated occurrence of a walking stick sliding gradually towards the floor and hitting it with a loud bang would have irritated me and made me mentally say "For Goodness' sake, cannot you just put it somewhere where it stays up?".
Well I've discovered it is not easy to find that place and that these implements are a rather tiresome variety of sticks with a mind of their own!

I spent the afternoon in Stepford, CT watching the original "The Stepford wives" and stuffing my face with marron glaces that my friend Franco brought last night from Italy (he's visting for a few days as he does every year - but this week-end no sightseeing for me).