Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Attendre la "première" première neige
Sunday, 1 November 2026
Post. Halloween. Blues.
So we are the first of November, All Saints' Day, also known as the day after Halloween.The one day in autumn that always makes me sad. I used to dislike the month of November just because of this. Now I changed my tune, I made peace with it and you will see how and why in the coming days, if you are not familiar with my blog. Nevertheless, while I should get better, today is a day of melancholy, it is my post-Halloween blues. And it also falls on a Sunday. The good thing is that it's still the weekend, so I have plenty of free time to grieve the end of my favourite holiday. But it doesn't help my usual Sunday feeling. Anyway, stay tuned, watch this space, when I will get over my post-Halloween blues, I promise you will discover ways to appreciate November too.
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
L'Halloween le 30???
Petite nouvelle dans la catégorie "décision de cabochon prise par des gens qui n'ont pas l'esprit à la fête": des villes au Québec devancent les célébrations de l'Halloween le 30 octobre. Le prétexte: heu...? Non, sérieusement, parce que le 30 c'est vendredi, on peut passer l'Halloween avec les tout-petits juste après l'école et donc pas besoin de les re-costumer le lendemain, c'est encore l'heure d'été donc fait plus clair le soir, bla, bla, bla. Vraiment, je suis tombé en bas de ma chaise en lisant la nouvelle. Parfois mes compatriotes me découragent. (Parenthèse anecdotique qui n'a peut être pas rapport: ils semblent me décourager plus souvent le 30 octobre. Honnêtement, on devrait faire du 30 octobre le Jour du Québec Décourageant.) Non mais sérieusement, les raisons avancées puent la frilosité et la petitesse. Comme si on voulait dans certains coins du Québec se débarrasser de l'Halloween le plus tôt possible, en faire le moins possible et puis pouvoir passer à autre chose au plus crisse. J'espère que Jack punira les gâcheurs de fête.
Friday, 23 October 2026
"Blast-À-Citrouille"
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Sloshe (mot du jour)
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Neiges en automne
Monday, 12 October 2026
"Merci pour les raisins" (Chanson de l'Action de grâce)
C'est le lundi de l'Action de grâce au Québec. Pas ici, ils ne fêtent pas ça. Mais, tradition oblige, je partage un classique instantané de La fin du monde est à 7 heures. La meilleure chanson de toute l'émission? Je serais tenté de dire que oui, ex aequo avec Allons tous à Jérusalem. Quand ils faisaient de la dévotion moqueuse, leur équipe était à leur meilleur.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Une Hobgoblin pour PJ
Friday, 2 October 2026
Aquila on Haunted Houses
Thursday, 1 October 2026
Countdown to Halloween!
Début du Salon du Livre
Thursday, 17 September 2026
I'm a Cryptkeeper
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Le Salon du livre (rappel)
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Augtober (You Are Here)
Thursday, 23 July 2026
Le Salon du livre en octobre
Saturday, 1 November 2025
Post. Halloween. Blues.
Today is All Saint's Day, which is of course the day after Halloween. I used to loathe November just because Halloween was over. This is no longer the case, however I still suffer from post-Halloween blues every first of November. It falls on a Saturday today, I'm not sure if it makes it better or worse. I have a whole weekend to enjoy, yet I also miss the anticipation, the eeriness, the spookiness, the everything. Don't worry: it used to take me a month or so to get through the dreary feeling, now it only lasts a day or two. I will blog more about what I love of November, so watch this space.
Sunday, 19 October 2025
Halloween in Vienna
Monday, 13 October 2025
Why read Gibbet Hill for Halloween
I have blogged last Saturday about horror stories of Bram Stoker, recomending that you read them this year for Halloween. I mentioned the recently rediscovered Gibbet Hill. This Halloween 2025 has been for me, so far, the year of Gibbet Hill. Because it is the perfect read for Halloween, for many, many, many reasons, which I have listed here:
- It's set in mid-October, so it's already both autumnal and of course fittingly in the Halloween season.
- The autumn atmosphere is brilliantly rendered by Stoker.
- Gibbet Hill is a real place in Surrey, for added authenticity. Also, you can actually visit it, if you live in England, for a sort of scary pilgrimage.
- It has snakes in it. Seriously, snakes deserves a more prominent place among Halloween critters.
- It features a strange and mysterious cult, practiced by two Indian girls and a blond boy. It's not merely a ghost story witha single antagonist, Stoker gives us a glimpse of something larger scale, a threat to civilisation. He will develop this in Dracula, of course, see this post from 2024.
- In the end, nothing is fully explained or rationalised, which adds to the unease.
- There's just something about an old ghost story set in late XIXth century.
So yes, if you have to read one horror story this Halloween, it has to be Gibbet Hill.
"Merci pour les raisins"
Au Québec, c'est le lundi de l'Action de grâce. Tradition oblige, je partage cette chanson de de La fin du monde est à 7 heures. C'est de circonstances aujourd'hui:















