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  • Perspectives on the human condition in the 21st century
    How do we live as human beings in our societies in the 21st century? This is the question that this article focuses on in which I write elements of personal reflections.
  • What doesn’t kill us
    This title translated in English is from a French short film entitled ‘Ce qui ne nous tue pas’ by Alexandra Mignien in which the director expresses her point of view on the injunction to resilience and the personal management of trauma in life.
  • Paint to fly away
    Today, I want to share two personal works: a painting with modeling paste and a painting with collages. To embrace the immense sky even in a cloudy and contrasting sky ☀️
  • To reflect on our humanity
    On this day, I want to share 9 articles from my blog to reflect, to think in depth. Have a nice exploration!
  • What is mutual aid?
    The day after the results of the 2024 European elections, I decided to sit down to write an anaphora on the word ‘entraide’ in French, mutual aid in English.
  • For an inspiring birthday
    Gifts that inspire. Read to move forward 😊
  • My olympic birthday
    Today is my personal New Year’s Day. The day I turn a year older. And this year too…
  • The importance of nuance
    Tired of comments without minimal reflection on social networks, I share an article on the importance of nuance. To meditate without moderation.
  • Homemade Quiche Lorraine
    On this May Day eve, I decided to cook two pies including a quiche Lorraine.
  • What are women for?
    Today, March 8, is the international day of struggle for women’s rights. What observations can I personally make this year? What emotions or feelings do my life and my experience inspire in me in this present in France?
  • Hypatia from Alexandria, the first woman mathematician?
    On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024, I would like to honor the memory of a brilliant woman mathematician: Hypatia from Alexandria.
  • Happy New Year 2024!
    I wish you a Happy New Year 2024! What are the prospects for this new year?
  • Advent Calendar 2023
    I share my 2023 Advent calendar, which I daily fill until Christmas. A personal tradition that is meant to be recreational and joyful 🙂
  • Advent Calendar 2022
    I share my 2022 Advent calendar, which I daily fill until Christmas. A personal tradition that is meant to be recreational and joyful 🙂
  • All kinds of courage to…
    There are all kinds of courage, said Albus Dumbledore, smiling…
  • Happy New Year 2022!
    I wish you a happy new year 2022! What resolutions for this new year?
  • Advent Calendar 2021
    I share my 2021 Advent calendar, which I’m filling daily until Christmas. A personal tradition that is meant to be recreational and joyful 🙂
  • REC 2021
    I am writing a few words to share my thoughts and personal feelings on an event in which I participated and which took place on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in Labège-Toulouse: the REC 2021.
  • On becoming a person
    I am writing a few words to share my personal thoughts and feelings on a very important work read during the summer of 2015, On becoming a person, written by the American psychologist Carl Rogers.
  • Happy New Year 2021!
    I wish you a Happy New Year 2021 ! Which wishes, which resolutions, which aspirations for which impulse for this new year?
  • Happy New Year 2020!
    I wish you a Happy New Year 2020 ! What wishes and resolutions for this new year?
  • Happy New Year 2019!
    Tic, tac … Time is over… The last words of the 2018 year were written and we switched to a new year: 2019.
  • Autumn colors 2018
    I regularly go out for walks or cycling in Muret and surroundings. I share with you a little digital photo album.
  • Visit of the Fabre museum in Montpellier
    On the Wednesday 7th of March 2018, I was on the side of Montpellier and I took the opportunity to visit the Fabre museum. I want to share with you some photos of the works admired during my visit.
  • Express apple turnovers
    On March 19, 2017, I decided to test a new recipe: express apple turnovers with cinnamon and sugar. Ready for tasting… At the table!
  • Open house day for the ALDERAN association (2016)
    Today, I went to the open day of the ALDERAN association at the House of Philosophy in Toulouse.
  • The First of May 2016: it’s Labor Day and… celebration for Thrush!
    A post for a memory for this First of May… with a personal photo 🙂
  • Savory pie with mushrooms, leeks and Camembert
    Today is May 1, 2016. We celebrate work and I decided to celebrate it… by cooking a dish that I like: a savory pie with mushrooms, leeks and Camembert.
  • Happy New Year 2016!
    At the start of 2016, I wish you my best wishes with words and images!
  • Guide for zeteticians in society
    This article presents a useful little memo for zeteticians, allowing the facilitation of a discussion.
  • On the side of the House of Philosophy
    On the last Sunday in June (06/28), I went for a ride to the ‘Grande Bouquinerie Philo’ event at the House of Philosophy in Toulouse.
  • Is guilt useful?
    In this article I write a few words to share my personal thoughts and feelings about a psycho café I attended. This article will present my personal reflections before my getaway and then a year later.
  • Astrology refuted by astronomy
    I am writing a few words to share my personal thoughts and feelings about a lecture I attended as part of the Space and contemporary beliefs event.
  • Maillé massacre: the 25th of August in 1944
    On August 25, 1944, while Paris celebrated its Liberation, a little further south, a village in Indre-et-Loire experienced the first moments of a crime against humanity.
  • Auschwitz, 70 years and…
    Blood and tears. One summer day in 1991, I was 13 years old, I visited the Auschwitz camp and…
  • Happy New Year 2015!
    At this beginning of January, that month which opens the Year, I present my best wishes!
  • The aesthetics in mathematics
    I share in this article a little arithmetic exercise where I perceive a certain aesthetic of mathematics and I am happy when I feel it. Let’s admire together!
  • My passion for languages
    This post is not translated yet. Très tôt dans mon histoire, j’ai eu l’envie et la démarche d’apprendre des langues, en premier lieu, pour comprendre ma famille : tous mes aïeux sont originaires de la Pologne alors que moi, je suis née en France, à Châtellerault dans la Vienne. Au fil du temps, c’est devenu[…]
  • My memories of Poland
    This post is not translated yet. Quels souvenirs ai-je de la Pologne ? Pour plus d’informations sur ce pays et les relations avec la France, consulter le portail sur les relations entre la France et la Pologne dans l’encyclopédie Wikipédia. J’y suis allée au moins treize fois pour un séjour d’environ un mois en moyenne,[…]
  • Has science got a gender?
    I am writing a few words to share my personal thoughts and feelings about a conference I attended as part of a “Women and Science” seminar.
  • Harmonia Terra
    An album that I like to listen to to seek… and find… relaxation, concentration, escape, inspiration, it’s…
  • Oh Freedom
    I wrote this French poem on Monday October 28, 2013, after a weekend spent in the hinterland of Montpellier and having climbed the Saint-Loup peak 🙂 Only happiness and emotions!
  • Oh our dear Thoughts
    I wrote this poem to say the importance in my heart of the creative process and to express my joy in daring to create.
  • The declines of empathy
    In this post, I write a few words to share my thoughts and feelings on this psycho café, in which I participated.
  • Non-violence, how far?
    In this article, I write a few words to share my personal thoughts and feelings about a cultural outing: a philosophy café, in which I participated. The theme of the day was Non-violence, how far?.
  • The Key of the Heart
    I share a poem about a feeling, compassion, a heartbreaking sonnet written from the heart which is also a key?
  • Puisque tu pars
    Here is an article in which I share the lyrics of a song by Jean-Jacques Goldman that I particularly appreciate.
  • The Windmills of Your Mind
    This melody composed by Michel Legrand is among my favorites and is therefore part of my personal Pantheon.
  • The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
    Sorry! This post was not translated in English yet.
  • My review of the movie Rose at the 2012 Kinopolska festival in Toulouse
    I’m writing my first impressions of this film right after watching it and a review with more perspective.
  • Welcome, Stranger!
    I wrote this poem to welcome the visitor of my personal website of photos.
  • Can the fear of death be overcome?
    Philo café Victor SchoelcherLogo source: 🔗 https://www.alderan-philo.org/cafe-philo-de-toulouse/ Theme Can the fear of death be overcome? Animation Eric Lowen, from the ALDERAN association Place The brasserie Le Déli’s in Toulouse Date and times Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Keywords café, debate, emotion, death, fear, philosophy, representation, suicide Information I am a[…]
  • Cultural outings: what I retained
    I share a quote from Bernard Werber entitled Attempt which deals with the difficulty of communicating.
  • Oh my father
    I wrote this poem in a moment of intense emotion, which led to the inspiration and ultra-rapid writing, in half an hour at most, of this poem.