Juvenescence means the state or period of being young. After yesterday’s post on strange words, I’m sure you are not surprised by this title. To be honest, there were letters […]

I love words. It probably doesn’t come as a surprise, knowing that I’m a writer. But I don’t just love them as the tools of my trade, I collect them […]

I think one of the gravest misconceptions we have is that playing is for children. I believe that as long as you can play whole-heartedly, you’re never too far from […]

Stories are part of my mental immune system just like music is. I have always burrowed myself in them when I needed comfort. During the first lockdown I needed my […]

I have the impression that everyone around me had the manga-anime phase in their teenage years – many of them even dabbled in Japanese. I had mine too although it […]

For a long time my relationship with food could be described as businesslike. Well, that’s not entirely true. I was a chubby kid who always felt vaguely guilty about eating. […]

The name Créteil probably doesn’t say anything to you unless you live there. It’s a south-eastern suburb of Paris that I had only known myself because it’s the centre of […]

I can’t live without music. It might seem like an overstatement, but it is really not. It might be because my thoughts are too loud and too intrusive that I […]

The prince without a kingdom has always lived under the stars. (from Macchiatos, My Friends and Other Things I Can’t Live Without) So have I. There are two places I […]