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4 months ago
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.
It is Mozart's Girl who reminded me today on Facebook: today is the 258th birthday of Mozart. 258 years, and still the greatest. So anyway, this year I haven't missed it. But how to celebrate, this is always a bit tricky. As I came to Mozart through his operas mainly, and since he is as far as I'm concerned the greatest opera composer, bare none, it made sense that I upload an aria from his operas. I know I already chose Una donna a quindici anni from Cosi fan tutte before, but as I talked to my godson about Danielle de Niese, this is the one that came to my mind. Happy birthday maestro. You are the best.
Petite découverte lors de mon voyage de Chicoutimi à Montréal aujourd'hui: une jeune fille dans l'autobus lisait Quinze pour cent de Samuel Archibald. Ironiquement, je ne savais même pas qu'il avait été publié. Je ne suis pas au fait des récentes publications policières québécoises, ce qui est honteux, surtout que Sam est mon cousin. Alors durant mes derniers jours à Montréal, je vais m'efforcer de le trouver et de l'ajouter à ma bibliothèque.
My readers know that I am a big fan of David's Tea, which I visit regularly when I am in Montreal. I have already purchased not only one, but two perfect tea mugs. Now I discovered in my latest visits to their shops that they have a nordic tea mugs, more or less the same model than their perfect ones, but larger. I don't know if they are more perfect than the perfect ones, nevertheless they have the same basic use: the lid keeps the heat and can be used for the infuser. I know I may be a sucker, but I now want to buy the Green Pine Nordic Tea Mug. It just looks perfect for winter. I often thought about owning a mug for every season and this one looks like a winter one.
The treasures one can find in seond-hand bookshops. Even new novels, it seems. I am on holidays in Montreal, and this morning I went around on the avenue Mont-Royal.My first stop was in the nearest second-hand bookshop I could find. They seem to have flourished since the time when I was living here, there are many more anyway. And I saw in the English section Miss Montreal by Howard Shrier. I think I had read about it before, from the Thrilling Detective website entry on Jonah Geller, the main character. I bought the book immediately. Montreal is maybe the most underrepresented and underrated city in crime fiction, yet the ideal setting for it (read here for my views on this). So I am so glad I find one where this city, my city, is featured proheminently.