Mon passe-temps favori, c’est laisser passer le temps, avoir du temps, prendre du temps, perdre son temps, vivre à contre-temps. My favorite pastime is to let time pass, to have time, to take my time, to lose my time, to…
The never ending beauty of the Rose has been the inspiration of poets for centuries. Join me today in dreaming of the Victorian era and its special attention to the symbols of flowers. Let’s read together some poems dedicated to…
There are many countries I am fascinated by and that I’ve never visited. But in autumn, the greatest temptation is Scotland. As I am sitting at my desk, planning this video, I find it quite difficult to explain my virtual…
Is it just me, or are the days passing by at an incredible speed ? I feel like Christmas is just a few weeks away, and I haven’t even taken in all the autumn. So first thing’s first : when…
One of my favourite genres in litterature is historical fiction. So when I pick up a Tracy Chevalier novel, I am over the moon. I came across her long before The Girl with a pearl earing movie histeria, and as…
Hello friends, and welcome back to The Ritual of Reading. September has been an unusual introduction to autumn this year… The prospect of rainy days and crisp mornings, of enjoying my cup of tea without sweating and of the evenings…
A summer dream of ponds full of lillies and ripe tomatoes, of happy moments in the cool night air, preparing a garden party inspired by one of the most famous artists of all time…Today’s Ritual is inspired by a different…
Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The secret life of bees, has been eye opening for many reasons, but it has also stimulated my imagination when I was not holding the book. See, I’ve never been to the American South, so all…
I think I was about 10 or 11 when I first heard of the American South and its complicated history. I was presented with Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and frankly I don’t know if I understood a gread…
Every culture has its own way of questioning reality. The western world speaks of a great illusion, like a mind trick played to all of us, and usually does not offer solutions or positive perspectives to this hypothesis. The eastern…
