1.0Le Mouchinghttps://lemouching.com/en/flechemullerhttps://lemouching.com/en/author/flechemuller/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ynan0AtrBT"><a href="https://lemouching.com/en/2008/10/roundout-creek-2/">Roundout Creek</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lemouching.com/en/2008/10/roundout-creek-2/embed/#?secret=Ynan0AtrBT" width="600" height="338" title="“Roundout Creek” — Le Mouching" data-secret="Ynan0AtrBT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://lemouching.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://lemouching.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ablette.jpg.webp448336It was in the eighties. My wife and I were living in a tumbledown house in upstate New York, top left on the map. We led a hermit’s life, deep in the forest, on the bank of the magnificent Rondout Creek, twenty minutes by canoe from our nearest neighbours, an elderly English couple, the Tetlows. Dollars we had precious few, but happiness couldn’t give a damn about money. We spent most of our time stark naked, patching up the place […]