Being a blood donor isn’t easy. Sometimes it’s possible, sometimes it’s not. It all depends on each person’s health, and it’s also a decision we make. Late yesterday, I gave blood at a city blood drive organized by the French Blood Establishment. It’s part of my values, and I was able to do it.
Rights of women and support artistic
The show I attended yesterday was very rich in emotions. Only a girl is a musical and textual performance played by two artists. I don’t want to say too much in order to let you discover this artwork. Organized in partnership with a public library, the show is included in the event Women’s Rights Week.
I wish the compagnie l’espante good luck in its future projects.
The review la déferlante that I read recently is a good idea of reading.
Emotional moment
In a secularist approach, I will be after my work this evenening at the day of the memory of genocide and the prevention of crimes against humanity. It is an important moment. For this day, I will go to Rivesaltes where a book : Women of Auschwitz-Birkenau and a documentary : Esther Senot, the rescuee of Auschwitz would be presented.
Happy new year 2025
I wish you all a happy holiday season. May 2025 be synonymous with health, success and precious moments shared.
See you soon 🙂
First aid
Although this is not within the remit of writers, on October 4 I took first aid training and obtained a PSC 1 certificate. A big thank you to the trainer (federation of firefighters). I acquired notions that interested me a lot. Beyond the fact that it can be useful in everyday life, it is a very rewarding personal experience that I recommend to everyone.
Towards more tolerance
I signed the call for mobilization of actresses and actors in the world of books. The link to the petition is here.
Cultural openness
On June 10, the opening ceremony of the third edition of the Nostre Mar festival took place. A festival wishing to bring people together so as not to spread anti-LGBT hatred, racism and anti-semitism.
I listened to the first part devoted to a conference by the historian Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci on the theme “fascism and anti-semitism” as well as the second part which was called “entre-là” and which was devoted to music.
It was an intense moment of reflection and exchange.
The memorial also has very interesting books.
Here are some photos from the evening:
Link to the memorial to inform you.
E-reader and accessibility
As part of the accessibility of digital books, the reading tool is very important. It must be adapted. Currently, very few e-reader models can both read text in audio and allow correct navigation. When I talk about navigation, I mean keys allowing you to move through the text and select actions indicated in the menu.
For my part, I tried a first model that was lent to me some time ago. He read the text of my book, which is quite astonishing and which, for people whose need arises, proves very useful function text to speech. Enlarging sans serif fonts is also an essential feature for reading digital books.
Music and inspirations
I really like Music, it accompanies me in professional life as well as in private life.
If I publish this post today it is also to talk about the importance I attach to listening to all styles of music, multicultural enrichment and meetings during festivals and concerts whatever they may be large or small sizes.
This weekend, I listened to the group Cuerteto Tafi as part of the Aspres spring festival. An event that I particularly like and for which I would like to post a link today so that you can discover a list of artists with open sounds and horizons.
“They can cut off all the flowers, they won’t stop spring.” an inspired quote from Pablo Neruda pronounced by the band during the concert
List of links to find out more:
Through History and Literature
From March 8 to 22, 2024, events around women’s rights week took place in libraries and other cultural places in my area.
At the start of the week, I listened to extracts from several books by women authors during an evening hosted by a feminist reading club. During these discussions, several specific points were shed light on. After the club’s intervention, I added a comment on the vision of witches through History and Literature.
Later in the week, I attended a conference on the role of women during antiquity and in particular as philosopher.
Among the books proposed, I opted to read the novel the daughters of Egalie written by Gerd Branterberg.
In another setting, I read also rock’n roll witch from Pleasant Gehman who I worked on documentation about Fantastic L.A.
Currently, I am devoting myself to several artistic projects, however taking the time to discover and discuss current themes enriches my thoughts.