My wife sent me this YouGov article about kidult behaviours and activities, thinking it sounds very much like me. In case you don't know (and I sure did not until I rea the article), a kidult is an adult whose interests are ore aligned to the ones of a child, among other things his medias consumption. Yes, I agree, it does fit me, but I always thought it was due to my natural nostalgic temperament. Because I am nostalgic, guilty as charged. In case you haven't noticed. Anyway, maybe this blog is an extension of my so called kidulting. Be that as it may, kidult is the word of the day. And on a final note, I am wondering what are your thoughts on kidulting. Please leave a comment.
Blogue d'un québécois expatrié en Angleterre. Comme toute forme d'autobiographie est constituée d'une large part de fiction, j'ai décidé de nommer le blogue Vraie Fiction.
Saturday, 13 September 2025
Pain saveurs d'automne
Friday, 12 September 2025
A perfect autumn evening
I don't care what people say, we are in autumn, even though the equinox is stil a week and a half away. Our family had the opportunity to appreciate it during our evening walk. It was, in fact, a perfectly perfect autumn evening. It was a little bit after six o'clock, sunny, but the air was chilly enough so we needed warm clothes. It felt and smelled autumnal around us. Comfy clothes, comfy weather, the sun about to set... I just felt great.
Les requins du Saint-Laurent
J'avais blogué sur le sujet le mois dernier: il y a des requins blancs dans le Saint-Laurent. Le 9 septembre, on sortait un autre article sur le sujet dans la grosse Presse. Outre cela, on donne quelques conseils de prudence, comme par exemple de ne pas aller nager près des phoques. Les phoques faisant partie du régime alimentaire des grands blancs, ils pourraient confondre le nageur et l'animal. Et si ça arrivait, le nageur dirait vite phoque. (Pardon pour le calembour atroce, je ne pouvais pas résister.) Non mais blague à part, je trouve cette nouvelle fascinante. Ce qui m'inquiète, ce n'est pas tant la présence de requins blancs dans le fleuve, mais c'est le réchauffement des eaux qui est la cause de leur présence.
Medieval Fantasy Read
Arc-en-ciel (2)
Thursday, 11 September 2025
9/11... again
I always commemorate the anniversary of 9/11. I am doing it this year again with this post, although I don't write long posts about it. From my thoughts and memories about it, read this post from 2008 and that post from 2009. However, I will say one of thing of what happened in the USA since. On the 11th of September 2001, democracy in the West and in the USA in particular was attacked. Islamic fundamentalism showed its ugly nihilistic head. Sadly, nowadays democracy in the US is falling apart, not because of an alien force of Islamifascists, like almost a quarter of of a century ago, but because of the Xian fascists who took power. So yeah, I am feeling a tad cynical and gloomy today, thinking about it.
Qu'en est-il de la St-Ambroise à la citrouille?
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Halloween Activity Books
Un chemin de fer à Val-Jalbert?
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Daunt Books Abroad
You may remember that back in June, I blogged about the bookshop chain Daunt Books. Well, I saw someone carrying one of their bags again. Not in London, like last time, not in England in fact, but in Austria. In om Salzburg, to be precise. It was most likely a British tourist, but I thought it was nice to see it there. I know it was only a bag, nevertheless it's nice that this small chain of indie bookshops is thriving, thriving enough to see their brand even when we are abroad. That's encouraging for literature and book lovers like myself.
Les récoltes du marché
Monday, 8 September 2025
I'm a Cryptkeeper
Arc-en-ciel
Sunday, 7 September 2025
Blood Moon
Tongith is a full moon, the one for September, and it is also a Blood Moon. I know it was a full moon (I do because I'm a werewolf, no just kidding), but I did not know it was a Blood Moon. My wife informed me and, at her suggestion, we all went out when evening had started falling to see the Blood Moon. We could not even see the moon. All the same, it was nice being outside when the sun was falling down. It is a simple pleasure we need to enjoy more often. Oh, and a question about full moons: are there any "normal", regular full moons? It seems that each and every one of them is a Blood Moon, or a Strawberry moon, or a Blue Moon, or a Whatever Moon.
Thé et calembour atroce
J'ai pensé à ça ce soir, et ça me trottait dans la tête: ma femme, bien qu'anglaise, n'aime pas le thé. Je sais, c'est ironique, dans une nation d ebuveurs de thé. Elle le sait depuis qu'elle en a essayé enfant (on essaie d'inculquer de bonnes habitudes aux petites Anglaises, mais ça ne fonctionne pas toujours). Alors j'ai fait cette constatation: Carrie a toujours détesté le thé. On peut même dire qu'elle l'a toujours détesthé. Et oui, je viens de commettre un nouveau calembour atroce.
True scary stories in the library
L'automne à Première Moisson
Saturday, 6 September 2025
"Hello Darkness My Old Friend..."
Turbine de Val-Jalbert
Friday, 5 September 2025
Mushrooms Sighting
Des pommes au marché
Thursday, 4 September 2025
The Monster Game
Un bateau dans le parc
September Bucket List
Salon du Livre 2025
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
"Back to school" tomorrow
Mafalda et la pluie
Skorpio, the South African Scorpion
Le boudin Chez Lévêque
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
"The dirty golden mustard of September"
And I stop by a gateway
To smoke a cigarette
And stares across the fields and remember
The gypsy fairs of August
And early evening haze
The dirty golden mustard of September
Martin Newell, Black Shuck
La vache au marché
Monday, 1 September 2025
First autumnal walk
As it is today the first day of September, which I consider the first day of autumn (see my post from earlier on, and in the meantime enjoy a gorgeous seasonal picture), I made a point of going out today after work for a quick walk. I finish work early, so it allow me to have more fun and more active end of afternoons. Wolfie went out with me. We did not walk very far, just to the nearest corner shop and back, but it was a long enough walk to last fifteen minutes and back. Enough to get a feel of the atmosphere. It was not cold, but we put on light coats to be comfortable. It was a really lovely moment.
Être d'accord avec Régis Labeaume
J'ai lu aujourd'hui la chronique de Régis Labeaume dans la grosse Presse. Je la lis parfois, mais pas très souvent. Je n'avais jamais pensé avoir beaucoup d'affinités avec l'ancien maire de Québec, mais ô surprise, il aime l'automne comme moi. Avec un titre qui dit "L'été est fini, enfin!", je constate qu'il a les mêmes sensibilités par rapport à la chaleur, mais aussi qu'il considère que l'automne commence avec le mois de septembre. Enfin bref, j'ai bien aimé ma lecture.