Today is the equinox, so the official start of Autumn, & in the short-lived French Revolutionary calendar, the start of the new year. And the day of grapes (each day was given the name of a produce, tool, animal or mineral). It has no bearing on real life, but I like to check which day it is in this calendar.
In RL, in France, we're still waiting for the new prime minister to form a government 😩
#majicmonday @Eggs
@xicanti, @Reggie, @lil1inblue
Rousseau addressed the paradox of his position as a novelist in two prefaces, which explained that novels were bad in themselves because they caused corruption, yet salutary in that they could inspire virtue among those already trapped in a corrupt society.
He also added a further paradox: "This novel is not a novel.
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!!! Cake and eating it!?
#BackPorchReading on a lovely Sunday morning 😍
I'm eager to get started on this as I'm always fascinated by the use of DNA in solving mysteries, real and ficticious.
She is one of women with whom I have long been intrigued. I have even been to Versailles. She led a short, ultimately tragic, yet interesting life. I have not read this novel but have read historical accounts. Fits the prompt of Day 1: #Queen
#CharacterCharm
We do not care that we bought the shorts we're wearing at a thrift store during Clinton's second term. Some styles are timeless.
We also do not care that we're posting this on Thursday. Time is a construct, and we can't be expected to keep up with what day it is.
#WDNCW @dabbe
Here‘s another pic from my sister from Toulouse. Lavender is my absolute favorite scent and I‘d love nothing more than to just lay down in a lavender field.
Fields of lavender
sway lazily in the breeze,
perfuming the air. 💜
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Toulouse
pick4 Stars • The School of Mirrors by Eva Stachniak follows Véronique, a young girl trained as a courtesan for Louis XV‘s court, facing exploitation and heartbreak after giving up her daughter, Marie-Louise. Years later, Marie-Louise, a midwife in revolutionary Paris, uncovers her mom‘s past. It‘s a lush, gritty historical drama about survival, secrets, and mother-daughter bonds.
#TheSchoolOfMirrors #EvaStachniak #Bookish #FrenchRevolution
This novel follows the lives of three prominent figures during the French Revolution: Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Maximilien Robespierre.
#BastilleDay (Fete Nationale de France)🇫🇷
#JulyJazz
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Today is the 233rd anniversary of the Baiser Lamourette (Lamourette Kissing), where priest and representative Lamourette enjoined his colleagues to make peace with each other after some stormy debates in Parliament. Hence the hugs and kisses portrayed in this ink drawing kept in the Louvre museum. I cannot picture the same thing happening today 😁
#readingispolitical
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Here are this week's days:
1 grapes
2 saffron
3 chestnut
4 autumn crocus
5 horse
6 small balsam
7 carrot
And then, because revolutionaries turned everything decimal, three more days, for a 10-day week (that one decimalisation never took off!):
amaranth
parsnip
tank
The calendar was thought up by a poet & it shows. I love the fact that names are seasonal.
7h