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Now this is the way to do a steeple. It's ours here in Hautrage. It's nice and straight, unlike that raggedy butt ol' thing built by those…those…crooked-steeple builders in Pommerœul. Although it has its uses. Rachel and Stephan navigated their way home from a bike ride using the crooked steeple as a reference point.

I wrote the paragraph above months ago but for some reason never got around to posting it. It probably just dropped below the horizon of the computer screen, at which point things cease to exist in the 21st century. I was reminded to come back to it when Rita saw a notice in one of our community newspapers for a nature walk (a little boost for the authentic voice of the people for you there, Marge). The walk was to begin in Pommerœul at the clocher penché--the leaning steeple. Obviously we aren't the only ones to have noticed. I figure we don't even need to go to Pisa. We've got the leaning tower of Pommerœul