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Advent Calendar Specials

Medieval Advent Calendar Day 23 : Pork Pâté in for your Medieval Christmas feast

Hello friends, and welcome back to our Medieval Advent Calendar. The Christmas feast is upon us, so it’s about time we start preparing some delicacies …

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Medieval Advent Calendar Day 22 : The Mists of Avalon

Hello everyone, and welcome to the 22nd day of Advent here, at The Ritual of Reading. This episode is an unexpected appearance of a subject …

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Medieval Advent Calendar Day 21 : winter solstice in the enchanted forest, a Medieval inspired Christmas tree

Hello everyone, and welcome to this year’s celebration of the winter solstice. The longest night of the year was a reason for ceremony from ancient …

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Medieval Advent Calendar Day 20 : The art of hospitality at Fontevraud Abbey

Hello friends, and welcome back to Fontevraud Abbey, for the second part of our exploration. In yesterday’s video we got situated and spoke of the …

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Medieval Advent Calendar Day 19 : The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud

Hello everyone, and welcome to another stroll through medieval sites. For this 19th day of Advent, I’m revealing one of my sanctuaries, a place where …

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Updated on 8 April 20234 July 2021Books & Rituals Rituals

The Ritual : Alexandra David-Néel, My Journey to Lhassa

A country that evokes many different pictures to each of us, Tibet is certainly a land we often misread through snippets of information we got …

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Updated on 8 April 20231 July 2021Books Books & Rituals

The Book : Alexandra David-Néel, My Journey to Lhassa

Do you ever find yourself dreaming of something that seems impossible to attain ? How do you find the clarity to choose between realistic goals …

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Updated on 8 April 202326 June 2021Books & Rituals Rituals

The Ritual : Gabriel García Márquez, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

The horizon may look the same, but there are no two shores alike. And even though I have not met the Carribean of Gabriel García …

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Updated on 8 April 202324 June 2021Books Books & Rituals

The Book : Gabriel García Márquez, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

The first novel I ever read in Spanish was his. El amor en los tiempos des colera. It was before I even took a Spanish …

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Updated on 8 April 202320 June 2021The Poetry Retreat

The Poetry Retreat : Rudyard Kipling

If….by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all …

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Updated on 8 April 20233 June 2021The Poetry Retreat

The Poetry Retreat : Emily Dickinson

Two Butterflies went out at NoonBy Emily Dickinson Two Butterflies went out at Noon—And waltzed above a Farm— Then stepped straight through the Firmament And rested on …

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Updated on 8 April 20233 June 2021The Poetry Retreat

The Poetry Retreat : A new series

“Hope” is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all –Emily …

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Updated on 8 April 20231 June 2021Desserts Recipes

Dessert : Normandy Apple Pie

Ingredients : 2 red apples2 eggs100gr sour cream150gr brown sugar150gr almond powder1 puff pastry Peel and cut your apples into quarters.Line your pie mold with …

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Updated on 8 April 202329 May 2021Books & Rituals Rituals

The Ritual : Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Madame Pylinska and the secret of Chopin

Close your eyes and listen. Now tell me, what does the music smell like ? In 1708, Giovanni Maria wrote to his brother : “I …

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Updated on 8 April 202328 May 2021Books & Rituals Specials

Special : Night of the Literature 2021

As a french and spanish litterature major living in Bucharest, going to the Institut Français or French Cultural Institute was an invaluable step in my …

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