The number of people who say that they’re bored and don’t know what to do in lock-down frightens me. Society has brainwashed so many of us into being constantly busy, constantly not having time, that when people finally are not busy, finally have time, finally have a free mind, they […]
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Today’s Inktober prompt is Misfit. Honestly, for a little while, I wasn’t sure what to do. Then, an idea came to mind, but I was at work and too busy to draw it. A few hours later, I’m home, the kids are sleeping, it’s finally time to draw, but I’m […]
This month, this week (or the next, the previous one? I kinda forgot the exact day), I’m celebrating a very special anniversary. Two anniversaries really. The first one is a move that, among the many twists and turns that my life has taken, is the most definite and defining […]
This is it: We now live in a world that is both post-satirical and most likely the darkest timeline. For most of sane people, it’s an aberration. We are having a hard time grasping how this is even possible. But then, I’m thinking about my kids, still too young […]
So, I’m in France for the holidays. It’s my first time back home (and in France and in Europe) in two years. I’m taking as many pictures as possible to give you updates about things in France. While I already have lots of things to show you in […]
One of the things that fascinate me with those old postcards is the way people used to look a century or so ago. Did they really look this different, or do the clothes, the haircuts, make-ups and such create the illusion of such a difference in facial features? […]
Another picture of Marcelin, my grandfather’s cousin. He’s the only one of the people who corresponded with my grandfather that I have two pictures of (or that I’m positive of his identity on the picture). This time he’s wearing his French Navy sailor uniform.
In my old postcards collection, there are a certain number of people pictured. I have trouble finding information about this, but I have the feeling that some of the people portrayed are the people who wrote the card. Did people in the early 20th Century went to photographers to […]