2024-06-20 National Ice Cream Soda Day

【I love a little child, and I'm an old fool

 (J'aime un petit enfant, et je suis un vieux fou)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

    Grandfather?

    What?

    I want to go away.

    To go where?

    Wherever

2024-06-20 World Tapas Day

【Yesterday Evening (Hier Au Soir)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

         Yesterday, the evening wind, whose breath caresses,

         Brought us the scent of flowers that open late;

         Night was falling; the bird slept in the thick shadow.

2024-06-19 World Sauntering Day

【The Ocean's Song (Nous nous promenions à Rozel-Tower)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

    We walked amongst the ruins famed in story

    Of Rozel-Tower,

    And saw the boundless waters stretch in glory

    And heave in power.

  &

2024-06-19 National Garfield the Cat Day

【To A Woman (A une femme)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

  Child! if I were king, I would give the empire,

  And my chariot, and my scepter, and my people on their knees

  And my crown of gold, and my baths of porphyry,

  And my fleets, for which the sea cannot suffice,

  For a look of you

2024-06-18 International Picnic Day

【To the Imperious Beauty (A la belle impérieuse)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

                Love, panic

                Of reason,

2024-06-18 Sustainable Gastronomy Day

【To My Daughter Adele (A ma fille Adèle)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

        As a child, you slept near me, pink and fresh,

        Like a baby Jesus dozing in his manger;

        Your pure sle

2024-06-18 National Go Fishing Day

【To Souls Flown Away (A des âmes envolées)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

        These souls that you recall,

        My heart, don't come back.

        Why then do they persist,

2024-06-17 World Tessellation Day

【Written Beneath a Crucifix (Ecrit au bas d'un crucifix)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

        You who weep, come to this God, for he weeps.

        You who suffer, come to him, for he cures.

       &

2024-06-17 National Take Your Cat to Work Day

【More Strong Than Time (Plus fort que le temps)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

    Since I have set my lips to your full cup, my sweet,

    Since I my pallid face between your hands have laid,

    Since I have known your soul, and all the bloom of it,

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2024-06-17 National Stewart's Root Beer Day

【June Nights (Nuits de juin)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

    In summer, when the day has fled, the plain covered with flowers

    Pours out far away an intoxicating scent;

    Eyes shut, ears half open to noises,

    We only