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England calling France

Site logo image fionamdenny posted: " Dear Ella I'm on the naughty bench again. Aunt Dora called me in to see her.  Apparently the rumour has been circulating that I have sunk to the level of village drunkard. I have been seen cavorting along the road waving a bottle of wine ab" Fiona Denny: Writer and Singer Read on blog or reader

England calling France

fionamdenny

Jan 21

Dear Ella

I'm on the naughty bench again.

Aunt Dora called me in to see her.  Apparently the rumour has been circulating that I have sunk to the level of village drunkard.

I have been seen cavorting along the road waving a bottle of wine above my head.  Because I was on the banks of a the deep ditch, Aunt Dora was worried I might topple in and wanted to understand the extent of my alcohol problem before deciding whether to have me sectioned or just sent to a rehabilitation centre.

Before I could explain, I had a lecture on reputation, the pride of the family and Aunt Dora's ability to go out in public.

I admit I did have an empty bottle of wine and I was jumping near our ditch but I was trying to knock down a large dead branch which was stuck in the tree some 3 inches beyond my normal reach.  I was doing this at the beginning of one of my jogs en route to the bottle bank. By whacking the log with the wine bottle, I was able to reach and dislodge it.

Aunt Dora heard me out, but clearly didn't believe me.  She conveniently forgot that her own recent antics – the climate change sit-in, cannabis growing in the garden shed, the Euro-diva debacle, dog-poo wars and vandalizing parked cars  - mean this family has no reputation to salvage. 

Still, it sparked an interesting thought about seeing the bigger picture.  If the neighbour, who stopped to speak to me, had looked a little higher they might have spotted the stuck branch and seen something other than a crazy woman dancing an alcohol-fueled hop.

There's a lesson for all of us in that!!

Lots of love

Fiona

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