2 Oct 2025

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 1. What's your favorite fall scent? Would we find this in or around your home right now? 

Living in the middle of a big park of course I smell fall scent, only it's not my favorite ! It smells like damp, rotten leaves, especially when it has rained, and since it rains constantly, it doesn't smell good !

2. October is Country Music Month...are you a fan of country music? Do you have a favorite country artist? Ever been to Nashville? In terms of lifestyle are you more country mouse or city mouse? 

I'm not a fan of country music, but it doesn't bother me. No, I've never been to Nashville, but I've been to Memphis because of Elvis. I'm actually both a city mouse and a country mouse. That's why I love living in the countryside but outside of a big city, because I enjoy going to the theater and exhibitions.

3. How about 'country cooking'? (loosely defined as rich flavors, familiar foods, large portions, often fried, and often associated with the southern region of the US of A)? 

chicken and dumplings-fried chicken-shrimp and grits-biscuits and gravy-mac and cheese-fried green tomatoes-cornbread-collard or turnip greens-deviled eggs-'barbecue'-gumbo-banana pudding

I don't like "country cooking" it's too rich, I prefer light plates lot of vegetables and salad and no fat meat, grilled chicken is OK.  

Which of the foods listed is your favorite? Any on the list you haven't tried or would say a firm no thank you to if offered? 

If it is on the table and I am the guest, I would eat all, or at least try. I am very curious when it comes to meals of other countries, but probably I wouldn't finish my plate and invent and excuse.  

4. What's something that always has a positive impact on your mood? 

 Sunshine !!! 

5. As we say so long to September share a noun, a verb, and an adjective that tells us something about how that month looked for you.

Cool, rainy and grey, not at all "normal" 

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

When I sometimes see some residents who aren't usually with us, because they are like vegetables. Nothing works anymore except the heart. 

I wonder why they don't help these poor people fall asleep peacefully. 

Yesterday, a nurse asked me if I wanted to die naturally or if I wanted euthanasia. They need that for their records. I didn't even have to think about it. I told her that if I can no longer speak, if I need to be fed and changed like a baby, and just lie there staring into space, then I want euthanasia. No reanimation either !

The people who died here fell asleep peacefully and without pain. Their doctor simply replaced the medication with morphine

Actually, everyone who lives here is of the same opinion. Of course in some countries helping to die peacefully and without suffering is not allowed.