French for cats

I am still enjoying my French course by Zoom very much. It has reignited my ambition to improve my French, and I like the teacher and my classmates. However there is someone else who is unexpectedly enjoying the class with me - Flora! She likes to climb up onto James’ desk and sit watching the screen. I think she likes seeing the faces of my classmates as we talk, and she seems to pay close attention to the worksheets; perhaps she will become a bilingual cat! Occasionally she stands up, has a stretch and walks around the desk a bit, at which point her tail can be seen on the screen as she passes. This causes a bit of excitement and I have been asked her name and to introduce her to the group, who are all cat lovers as it turns out. In fact there is only one of the six of us who doesn’t have a cat! 
I was at book club at Jenn’s this week (she is another cat lover although her cats were not in evidence during the evening) and we had good chat as well as discussing the book, a detective novel called Death in the Dordogne by Martin Walker. I gave it to Jennifer (sister) as part of her Christmas present and also read it myself. It was a wee jokey present because she and Russ have just bought a house in the Dordogne! We had a good discussion about it; Susan T pointed out that it is more than just a light read; it’s well written and addresses political and historic issues as well as the inevitable murder or two. We chatted about all sorts of things as usual. It’s always interesting to hear from my former colleagues about what is going on in schools currently, and there were excellent recommendations about good box sets to watch as well as chat about family and life in general.