The word 'amazing' really does fit this story - it is no hyperbole. An apartment in Paris left untouched and unlived in for 70 years - the rent paid every month. When the apartment was finally entered, treasure was discovered amid layers of dust. Among other things, a painting that sold at auction for over 2 million euros. Surely there's a novel here somewhere. At the very least a mystery. A movie? Read about the discovery
here.What do you suppose could have kept the original owner of the apartment away for 70 years? Why was the painting, attributed to Giovanni Boldini, kept entombed in dust for that length of time?
...to finish polishing up my short story otherwise I'm not going to make my own deadline which is Monday the 14th, and that would never do. Since I had my fall (slipped on an icy step on the porch) I've been doing everything in slow motion, so bear with me while I work, re-work, then re-work the story some more - I am a crazed editor at heart.
I apologize in advance for my silence, but it's the only way I can concentrate. I'll be back posting up a storm, as usual, probably late Monday or Tuesday morning.
