Miscellaneous posts, daily doodles, pastimes, comments, articles and reflections on this and that.
As I drew nearer to my favourite spot this morning, a bird of prey, larger than a kestrel but smaller than a buzzard, plummeted from the sky on to a small rodent, but, doubtless alarmed by my approach, released it at once, allowing the startled creature to scurry away to safety, squeaking its song of freedom amidst the scrub.
Hollyhocks and the municipal car park
Analyse Brassens est un recueil populaire d’analyses des textes de Georges Brassens :
explications des références, expressions, formules, vocabulaire, hommages rendus.
— Read on www.analysebrassens.com/
A la Une | Des braconniers dévorés par des lions
— Read on www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2018/07/05/des-braconniers-devores-par-des-lions
My mate, whom I miss every day. RIP, Pete!
Une très bonne nouvelle, la choucroute alsacien étant la meilleure de toutes, et de loin! Ça s’arrose! Une bouteille de Riesling svp!
I must go down to Krautergersheim, where cabbages are king,
And all I ask is a chop’ of wine to make my tonsils sing,
An Edelzwicker, Sylvaner, or fine Gewürztraminer,
A Choucroute garnie and a Marc, and “Santé!” to the weaner!🐖LJ
L’eurodéputée d’Alsace Anne Sander explique mardi sur franceinfo que le label d’Indication géographique protégée pour la choucroute alsacienne va permettre de mieux valoriser cette tradition régionale.
— Read on www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/gastronomie/igp-pour-la-choucroute-d-alsace-une-reconnaissance-du-savoir-faire-alsacien_2832127.html
A man of parts…
Le site de toutes les chansons de Georges Brassens. Toutes les paroles et tous les accords des chansons de Brassens.
— Read on clarckgaybeul.free.fr/
Nicholas Parsons has left his walking stick at the dry cleaner’s:
— Read on www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/radio-presenters/nicholas-parsons-half-century-just-minute-feeling-sharp-94/
The only flatbread recipe you’ll ever need! Soft and pliable, perfect for using as a wrap. No yeast, and hardly any kneading. Quick to make on stove or BBQ!
— Read on www.recipetineats.com/easy-soft-flatbread-yeast/
“Pourquoi il faut surveiller vos frais bancaires cet été” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/argent/2018/06/29/05010-20180629ARTFIG00100-surveillez-vos-frais-bancaires-cet-ete.php
A new wildlife survey shows sightings of these iridescent water birds have trebled in the UK. Why?
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11673044
This article explains many things concerning the maturation of fruit, but does not broach the problem of the Tesco plum, which metamorphoses with mysterious suddenness from an adamantine state with the consistency of a diamond that would not be out of place on a snooker table and that would break the teeth of a baboon, to assume, within a few short minutes and invariably overnight when one is off one’s guard, the form of a flaccid sac of sickly, treacly liquid scarcely fit for a wasp. LJ
“Est-ce encore possible de savourer des tomates qui ont du goût ? ” : http://madame.lefigaro.fr/cuisine/est-il-encore-possible-de-manger-de-bonnes-tomates-qui-ont-du-gout-270617-133000
Antonín Dvořák: Antonin Dvorak, first Bohemian composer to achieve worldwide recognition, noted for turning folk material into 19th-century Romantic music. His technical fluency and abundant melodic inspiration helped him to create a large and varied output. Learn more about Dvorak’s life and work.
“Pourquoi se cultiver participe à notre bonheur” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2018/06/22/01008-20180622ARTFIG00243-pourquoi-se-cultiver-participe-a-notre-bonheur.php
Discover the botanical differences between grasses, rushes and sedges and how this can help you place them in your garden
— Read on www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/misc/grass-sedge-rush
“L’érection est-elle perturbée par le syndrome d’apnée du sommeil?” : http://sante.lefigaro.fr/article/l-erection-est-elle-perturbee-par-le-syndrome-d-apnee-du-sommeil-/
“La forme des couteaux Opinel ne peut plus être copiée” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2018/06/19/20005-20180619ARTFIG00270-la-forme-des-couteaux-opinel-ne-peut-plus-etre-copiee.php
Greek fire – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire
“Alerte à la berce du Caucase, une herbe monstrueuse et toxique qui prolifère en France” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2018/06/20/01008-20180620ARTFIG00234-la-berce-du-caucase-envahissante-geante-et-toxique.php
“Addictions aux écrans, maladie des jeux vidéo : les familles en danger” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2018/06/19/01016-20180619ARTFIG00384-addictions-aux-ecrans-maladie-des-jeux-video-les-familles-en-danger.php
“«Binge drinking» : comment réagir face à l’hyperalcoolisation des jeunes” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2018/06/15/01008-20180615ARTFIG00389-binge-drinking-comment-reagir-face-a-l-hyperalcoolisation-des-jeunes.php
Sound reasoning, though some nuances are omitted, doubtless owing to the need for brevity. Christopher Hitchens deserves a hearing on related matters.
A la Une | Une bactérie responsable des ulcères et cancers de l’estomac
— Read on www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2018/06/18/une-bacterie-responsable-des-ulceres-et-cancers-de-l-estomac
“Cette semaine tout le monde sème pour les abeilles !” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/jardin/2018/06/15/30008-20180615ARTFIG00002-cette-semaine-tout-le-monde-seme-pour-les-abeilles.php
“Sur les migrants, Macron tiraillé entre l’opinion et la majorité” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2018/06/14/01002-20180614ARTFIG00381-sur-les-migrants-macron-tiraille-entre-l-opinion-et-la-majorite.php
It occurs to me on this warm afternoon that there may an etymological connection, as well as the obvious causal one, between “more ale” and “morale”.
The following bilingual paronomasia occurred to me whilst playing with cascading words on the Petit Robert app.:
Menopausée? Men opposés!
“SNCF : la réforme ferroviaire définitivement adoptée par le Parlement” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2018/06/11/20005-20180611ARTFIG00312-les-quatre-piliers-du-nouveau-pacte-ferroviaire.php
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un summit: No previous U.S. president considered it prudent to embark on summitry with so little preparation or on terms so favorable to the other side, let alone to promise to unilaterally discontinue defensive joint U.S.–South Korean military exercises on the Korean Peninsula.
— Read on www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2018-06-12/historic-breakthrough-or-historic-blunder-singapore
Two eminent proponents of conflicting views of our nature and origins lock horns with exemplary civility.
Un vin blanc de Bourgogne de Puligny-Montrachet, dont le Sunday Times a révélé qu’il avait été servi le 19 mai au mariage du prince Harry
— Read on avis-vin.lefigaro.fr/vins-bourgogne/o136975-un-vin-de-bourgogne-coqueluche-des-britanniques-apres-le-mariage-du-prince-harry-et-meghan-markle
“Les bénéfices insoupçonnés de la rêverie” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2018/06/08/01008-20180608ARTFIG00206-les-benefices-insoupconnes-de-la-reverie.php
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