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Part of the reason I love M. Guichon’s work is because he always looks so thrilled to be doing it

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After years of making increasingly elaborate constructions he finally makes a classic chocolate bar

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“Sounds like it must sting, but hey, whatever gets you going!”

Ich liebe die Pfeffernüsse!

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Gdańsk, 2022.

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The Italian Town That Welcomes Winter With a Procession of Fire | Atlas Obscura

… Thousands of torches are assembled each year in preparation for the Ndocciata — but that doesn’t mean that entire forests are knocked down for the ritual. Torches are constructed out of white fir trees that are sick, dying, or were felled during winter storms. These are identified and marked by the National Forestry Corp in the spring, collected and dried in the summer, and assembled into 10-foot-tall conical torches in the fall. Dried branches of the Ginestra flower, which burn easily and brightly, are sandwiched between white fir logs. When lit, it produces a loud popping sound, a noise once believed to frighten off witches.

The procession begins in the town’s center when the bells of Agnone’s main church toll at 6 p.m. The first to appear are the Read More »

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