Showing posts with label Memento Mori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memento Mori. Show all posts
Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Memento Mori from Pompeii

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As you may know, today is is Ash Wednesday today, the beginning of Lent . To mark the day, I have decided to share one very famous Memento ...
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Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Avant 50 ans...

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 Je ne connais rien de Jacques Higelin , mais je me console de ne pas avoir encore cinquante ans...
Thursday, 8 September 2022

The Queen Is Dead...

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My wife told me a few mintues ago, as I was typing another post, that Queen Elizabeth the Second is dead . At her age, it is not exactly sh...
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Friday, 1 February 2019

Grey: more or less

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I bumped into the father of Blonde Tickler a few days ago and he asked me if I had done something to my hair. He said I looked less grey on ...
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Monday, 21 January 2019

Question existentielle (340)

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Une question existentielle, la première de l'année: -Jusqu'à quel âge peut-on appeler quelqu'un jeune homme? Je pose la ques...
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Sunday, 24 June 2018

A young woman at her prom

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Your may remember the big sister of my godson, who last Christmas told me she had a boyfriend sharing my name , which made me feel so very o...
Monday, 16 April 2018

Gifts for an old man?

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It is my birthday soon and my wife asked for a list of suggestions for presents to give me. I generally love making a list of things I'd...
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Thursday, 28 September 2017

40

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It was the birthday of a friend yesterday. She turned forty. Just like I turned forty this year. And then wishing her happy birthday it stru...
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Tuesday, 11 April 2017

How to look younger (Snoopy's wisdom)

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I haven't blogged about Snoopy and the Peanuts gang in a long while. I thought next time would be on the Easter Beagle, but no. It is ...
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Sunday, 13 September 2015

C'est arrivé (très) près de chez nous

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Il y a des faits divers qui vous scient les jambes. Celui-ci , notamment, dès que je l'ai lu, mais plus encore lorsque j'ai reconnu ...
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Monday, 8 June 2015

Les nombreux anniversaires

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Petites nouvelles familiales: c'est aujourd'hui la fête de mon petit frère , qui a 34 ans. Le plus jeune de la famille. Il a 34 ans....
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Saturday, 16 May 2015

Being a middle aged man

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If this post sounds familiar, it is because I mentioned something similar before. Here , here and here , among different times. But anyway,...
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Thursday, 9 April 2015

Un produit angoissant

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Je cherchais un after-shave chez Yves Rocher à La Gacilly il y a deux ou trois jours, dans la section des produits pour hommes je suis tom...
Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Family traits and traditions

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My parents were watching pictures of me taken recently in the UK and said that I looked very much " like an Archibald " (my mother...
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Saturday, 15 November 2014

How time flies

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A terrible cliché for a title, but I could not find anything better. Yesterday, the daughter of one of my best friends and the big sister of...
Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Age, alcohol and a great unknown line

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It was the birthday of my youngest brother on Sunday, he is now 33, the age of Christ as they say. It makes me feel quite old, knowing that...
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Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Being "My Age"

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When I got back to work after my birthday , one of my colleagues asked me: " So, did you enjoy turning your age? " We had a bit of...
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Sunday, 27 April 2014

A new great unknown line

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From my youngest brother . A warning: it may be considered offensive. But what a great Memento Mori : " Life is a bitch, and then ...
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Wednesday, 5 March 2014

The way of the Dodo

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I am using a lot of the pictures I took during my recent visit to the Natural History Museum . But apart from the big impression the visi...
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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Le poids des années

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J'ai vu un ami hier, un que j'ai depuis l'adolescence. Nous sommes en contact via Facebook, mais je le vois très rarement et je ...
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