Archive for anniversary
90 years ago…
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags AI, anniversary, antifacism, Falange, Francisco Franco, French politics, Frente Popular, Front populaire, Jean Renoir, June 1936, Léon Blum, Parti Communiste Français, Parti Socialiste, PCF, poster, Radical-Socialist Republican Party, Republican Spain, SFIO, socialist realism on May 3, 2026 by xi'an
80 years ago [cover]
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags 27 January 1945, 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front, anniversary, Auschwitz-Birkenau, concentration camp, cover, extermination camp, Final Solution, genocide, Libé, Liberation, Nazi State, Oswiecim, Poland, Red Army, Rememberance Day, Shoah, Soviet Union, survivors, Third Reich on January 27, 2025 by xi'an
Charlie, the next generation [cover]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags 7 janvier 2015, anniversary, birthday cake, Charlie Hebdo, cover, France, freedom of religion or belief, freedom of speech, fundamentalism, high school, Je suis Charlie, religions, terrorism on January 7, 2025 by xi'an
9y@IX
Posted in Kids, Mountains, Running with tags 9, anniversary, climbing accident, climbing gym, climbing wall, French hospital, medical studies, thumb on April 14, 2022 by xi'an
Not that it really matters, as for most anniversaries, but it has been 9 years since I had my climbing accident that left me with 9 digits. In retrospect, it had a very limited impact on my daily life, as I resumed climbing to the same (mediocre) level, did more cooking, remained hopeless at handywork (incl. changing punctured tubes). If anything, the experience made me more laid-back. With sometimes an irrational feeling that this is connected with the repeated blood transfusions I received. (The accident also presumably contributed to our daughter choosing medical studies!)
thumbleweed [no] news
Posted in Kids, Mountains, Running, Travel with tags amputation, anniversary, blackboard, climbing accident, indoor climbing, Scotland, stolen bike, thumb on April 14, 2015 by xi'an
Just realised today is the second year since my climbing accident and the loss of my right thumb. Even less to say than last anniversary: while it seems almost impossible not to think about it, the handicap is quite minimal. (Actually, the only time I truly forgot about it was when I was ice-climbing in Scotland this January, the difficulty of the [first] climb meaning I had to concentrate on more immediate issues!) Teaching on the blackboard is fine when I use a chalk holder, I just bought a new bike with the easiest change of gears, and except for lacing my running shoes every morning, most chores do not take longer and, as Andrew pointed out in his March+April madness tornament, I can now get away with some missing-body-part jokes!
