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The elephant's child

Annie Lesca — 2015-01-27T00:02:56Z

Just so stories, R. Kipling, 1912
Audio-recording by Kara Shallenberg
Raconte-moi, in English
Raconte-moi, in French
Here is the text we shall be listening to :
and here are the illustrations from the 1912 edition :

- 2014-2015

Christmas time abroad

Annie Lesca — 2014-12-15T22:25:57Z

Last year, an American student in Bordeaux recorded for Christmas time one of Chloe's stories, which reminded him of (his) home...
Let's listen to him and try to understand, at first without reading the text nor watching the images. enregistrer la cible du lien vers : audio file in .mp3
Now let's read aloud, each in turn !
You can enjoy listening to him and watching Arnaud Pérat's images here
Feedback : Great, but slower and shorter please !
So, next year, (...)

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Thanksgiving

Annie Lesca, HeleneN — 2014-12-04T15:50:02Z

Thanks to H. who sent us from Ann Arbor an insight into a traditional meal on the fourth thursday of november, for Thanksgiving.
Even though nobody celebrates any longer the good crops of summer time (especially since summer has become a period of holidays instead of harvesting in western culture), the pleasure of meeting, cooking and eating good food together instead of fast food prevails.
Here are some pictures and recipes H. sent to us.
Below, you will see photos that I took of the (...)

- 2014-2015

Olimpick games and rural games in 1636

Annie Lesca — 2014-11-24T18:37:14Z

Robert Dover, founder of the games, is on horseback, carrying a wand, at the times of King James. I cannot tell what planet ruled, when I First undertook this mirth, this jollity, Nor can I give account to you at all, How this conceit into my brain did fall. Or how I durst assemble, call together Such multitudes of people as come hither.
For more details, Cotswold Olimpick Games
List of rural (...)

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An American block house in wood

Annie Lesca — 2014-11-17T12:38:47Z

A wooden fortification with a projecting upper story a drawing by PSF

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Lost keys by MP

Annie Lesca — 2014-11-04T20:44:27Z

The other day, we felt so excited with the gorgeous mushrooms which grew out of the sand that we took pictures of all our discoveries. Which eventually led us to both an unlucky mishap and a lucky blessing. The misfortune I'm speaking about is the fact that I lost my car-keys ; I tried to find them and searched all along, in vain. Finally we had to walk back home, with our heavy baskets full of mushrooms... and to take a train to Bordeaux in order to pick up a second set of keys and (...)

- 2014-2015

Tuesday, October 7

Annie Lesca — 2014-10-08T19:24:47Z

A. had brought us three fruits of christophine ; she told us about their adventures before they finally started feeling at home in her garden.
A guide to growing mirlitons in Louisiana
Here are a couple of free pictures about this tropical plant, and the way it can be cooked, chosen from this page.
C. went on a successful search for his ancestors in the Vosges region and found informations about his great-grandfather who was born in 1791 and died in 1886 ; but he wouldn't find his grave (...)

- 2014-2015

A week-end in London

Annie Lesca — 2014-09-16T09:44:29Z

For web-addicts
For youngsters
For overseas visitors
For LIBERTY lovers
For A&V Museum fans

- 2014-2015

The tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

Annie Lesca — 2014-08-28T18:49:47Z

Now that Beatrix Potter's Tales are in Public Domain, I started translating her texts in cc-by-sa.
Here is one of her tales, found on wikisource, translated into French for proof-reading. Thanks.
On Wikiversity

- 2014-2015

The Botanical Register in 1815

Annie Lesca — 2014-08-20T11:12:05Z

Source
Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) was a natural history illustrator. He produced plates at a prodigious rate ; "The Botanical Register" was published between 1815 and 1819, under his own editorship. Le registre botanique :
comportant des dessins en couleurs de plantes exotiques cultivées dans les jardins britanniques ; avec leur histoire et mode de traitement. Dessins par Sydenham Edwards, membre de la Société Linéenne.
Volume I Viret semper, nec fronde caduca Carpitur. (Ovide) (...)

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