Fairytales can be based on reality. Like Cinderella, the lovely girl with the awful stepmother and ugly stepsisters. She was the girl with the glass shoes that only fitted her …
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Poetics colours of France – I Red
Vowels -Arthur Rimbaud Black A, white E, red I, green U, blue O – vowels, Some day I will open your silent pregnancies: A, black belt, hairy with burst flies, …
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24 jan
Let me write the praise of my mother in law. She arrived today. We picked her up at Bordeaux Airport where she was waiting for her luggage. Idly waiting, as …
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23 jan
Read most of Rob Wijnberg’s book about the future of journalism. He is a dutch philosopher who turned towards journalism and is unhappy about the experience. Journalism is superficial, it …
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Perspective
“Is your glass half empty or half full?” I find this a deeply irritating question. One choice is more acceptable than the other and you know which one you’re supposed …
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22 jan
Walked over to Mareuil, one of the larger villages in the area. It has two boulangeries and one charcuterie and a Spar, where they even sold some gloves. Spar supermarkets …
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21 jan
Started reading in Life with Picasso, by Françoise Gilot. Partly because I suspected it was edited by a friend of friends. Partly also because I am fascinated by the genius …
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20 jan
The pleasure of strolling through a bookstore has been spooned to me since I was very young. I remember the days when I could choose a book to buy before …
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Poetic colours of france – White E
Vowels -Arthur Rimbaud Black A, white E, red I, green U, blue O – vowels, Some day I will open your silent pregnancies: A, black belt, hairy with burst flies, …
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19 jan
Michel de Montaigne lived in the area of Chassenat. Julie and I both enjoyed the ‘How to live’ book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell and decided to visit his castle, …
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