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Do you remember my friend the journalist who\u2019s interviewed me on a few occasions with her insightful questions? She\u2019s sent me a few more queries to get my pen going. I felt like saying no, but I relent and say YES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cWhat do you still want to know about me? I\u2019ve shared so many things already! Now my heart hesitates between retirement and old age. There\u2019s nothing very interesting to report other than my writing, which often feeds my mind in the morning. Go ahead, dear Isabel, ask away! I\u2019m going to a ball tonight and I have to pick a suitable dress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cYou're going to a ball?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cNo, but I like the idea!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cYou seem in a mighty good mood this morning, jokes and all, Madame Cora! How\u2019s your health? Do you still work?
\u2014 \u201cYes, I\u2019ve aged, just like the beautiful red leather couch in the living room. Its upholstery is a bit wrinkled, like my neck, but it\u2019s the best place for an afternoon nap! I\u2019m in great shape! My health, knock on wood, is good. My fingers type away on the keyboard, but my kneecaps moan a bit and keep me from praying on my knees, haha!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cMadame Cora, are we born an entrepreneur or do we become one?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cI became one. I was a thinker who only dreamt of writing poems. Then my marriage turned my life and dreams upside down. I entered the restaurant business to feed my kids. My success as a businesswoman came to me as a complete surprise. Maybe my creativity was the constant ingredient that made it all possible? If we\u2019re talking about my birth, I\u2019d say I was born somewhere between the 26 letters of the alphabet. Really! My ability to write remains the most precious thing I possess. A treasure I discovered later on. As for becoming an entrepreneur, I started when I opened a small 29-seat restaurant. It quickly became apparent that I had a flair and talent for cooking. I created an amazing breakfast restaurant concept by focusing on the first meal of the day. Our brand rapidly expanded into a network of some 150 breakfast restaurants across Canada, and I became the humble, and grateful, Queen of Breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cDo you consider yourself a lone wolf or a social butterfly?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cI still don\u2019t truly know myself. I guess I mostly consider myself a lone wolf who learned to read, write and count. In business, I had to surround myself with others and work as a pack. I\u2019ve always done my best for my children, employees and wonderful clients. For so many years I was a very serious woman. And now, at 78, I tend to be more of a social butterfly, playing the fool. I\u2019m still a touch serious, however.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cWe all know that your hobby is writing. At the beginning of the pandemic, you started publishing a letter each Sunday and you\u2019ve kept at it. Will you ever stop?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cI swear, I need to write to express my emotions and rid myself of my obsessions. I want to continue to write until my heart stops beating. So many ants are still marching between my lines. I want to empty my head. Last time, you asked me if I preferred to draw or write, and I forgot to answer. I prefer to write, but I do love to draw, especially fruit, flowers and exotic birds of every colour. And owls. But you already know that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cWhat can someone offer a woman like yourself, who lacks for nothing?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cKnit me another 22 years so that I can live to celebrate my hundredth birthday. Find me a partner who's worth his salt! A tender, kind and educated man who loves going to the movies like I do. I want nothing else than to hold in my heart this divine providence that's always aided me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cWhat would you tell a handsome suitor?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cWith several kilos of wisdom under my apron, I would first say nothing and listen intently to the words he attempts to seduce me with. I\u2019d study his overall appearance, his clothing, his well-brushed shoes and notice the elegant smell of cologne hidden behind his ears. Almost every morning, when I\u2019m writing at McDonald\u2019s, I get an eyeful! I have my pick of the tall fellas who walk in on strong legs to place their order, as opposed to the lazy ones who take the drive-thru. I dillydally, I have fun. The more you eat, the bigger your appetite!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cSpeaking of which, let\u2019s have a little fun! If you were a vegetable, which one would you be, and why?\u201d
\u2014 \u201cDear Isabel, if I were a vegetable, I\u2019d most definitely be a nice ear of corn. A yellow like my yellow Cora sun, full of vitamins, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium. With my thick head of hair blowing in the wind, I\u2019d stand tall in the fields until ripe and ready. Then I\u2019d be carefully picked under the bright August sky, likely for a corn roast, where I\u2019d no doubt be feted as the queen of the day. Every vegetable should have its minute of fame!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cora
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Do you remember my friend the journalist who\u2019s interviewed me on a few occasions with her insightful questions? She\u2019s sent me a few more queries to get my pen going. I felt like saying no, but I relent and say YES. \u2014 \u201cWhat do you still want to know about me? I\u2019ve shared so many things already! Now my heart hesitates between retirement and old age. There\u2019s nothing very interesting to report other than my writing, which often feeds my mind in the morning. Go ahead, dear Isabel, ask away! I\u2019m going to a ball tonight and I have to pick a suitable dress.\u201d \u2014 \u201cYou’re going to a ball?\u201d\u2014 \u201cNo, but I like the idea!\u201d \u2014 \u201cYou seem in a mighty good mood this morning, jokes and all, Madame Cora! How\u2019s your health? Do you still work?\u2014 \u201cYes, I\u2019ve aged, just like the beautiful red leather couch in the living room. Its upholstery is a bit wrinkled, like my neck, but it\u2019s the best place for an afternoon nap! I\u2019m in great shape! My health, knock on wood, is good. My fingers type away on the keyboard, but my kneecaps moan a bit and keep me from praying on my knees, haha!\u201d \u2014 \u201cMadame Cora, are we born an entrepreneur or do we become one?\u201d\u2014 \u201cI became one. I was a thinker who only dreamt of writing poems. Then my marriage turned my life and dreams upside down. I entered the restaurant business to feed my kids. My success as a businesswoman came to me as a complete surprise. Maybe my creativity was the constant ingredient that made it all possible? If we\u2019re talking about my birth, I\u2019d say I was born somewhere between the 26 letters of the alphabet. Really! My ability to write remains the most precious\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":64133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Son amie journaliste revient avec de nouvelles questions originales, et Mme Cora accepte, encore une fois, d'y r\u00e9pondre.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"class_list":["post-64132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lettre-mme-cora"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/414"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chezcora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64132"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}