“Music brings the soul into harmony with all that exists”. Oscar Wilde.             Hello, young Padawan     I don’t know what is going on for your family, but here, this year, we struggled to get into the Christmas atmosphere. Indeed, I told myself that some Christmas decorations would boost the troops even if I were a little sad because of…

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          Hello, young Padawan     Because there is nothing better than a good soup to warm up after a long winter day spent crawling outside, today we are going to treat ourselves to a caliente recipe, in every sense of the word.   Chili, ginger, Madagascar pepper, turmeric… should I draw you a picture? No worries, thanks to this recipe you’ll have a great evening.…

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        “We see the bee land on all the plants and get the best out of each one.” Isocrate.             Hello, young Padawan,     It had been a long time since you had dealt with one of my awful puns in the title; it was time to reconnect with the tradition. Here it is, lol!   If there is an ancestral…

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        « A sweet memory is still a happiness». Louis-Philippe de Ségur, Le temps, 1816.         Paris will always be Paris.   Hello, young Padawan from Paname* and elsewhere,     The ex-bobo Parisian who left Paris to go green, what a cliché. Here we are, right in there. It is not easy for me to assume, but we are deep down into it.…

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            “Who knows your needs better than you? Getting to know oneself is the first step.” Jean de La Fontaine.               Hello, young Padawan     Last year, after the publication of this Christmas article, some of you told me I had presented it to you too late, so I reiterate this year, on time, to tell you about…

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