The Black Dress

I didn’t have much time to write last week, so I’m making up for it with this short post. I wouldn’t want new visitors to feel like they’re just on yet another food blog! Enjoy! The Black Dress Today is flea market day in the town where I grew up. I came home to spend…

The wardrobe: The miniskirt and its cultural impact.

I wanted to talk about fashion and clothing in general, without excluding a male audience. I hope you enjoy this format; happy reading. We sexualized an article of clothing and made women responsible for how others see them. I’m talking about the miniskirt. It’s a powerful symbol of: Freedom In the 1960s, a British designer…

The Devouring Darkness 

Terry Pratchett, in his book “Thud!”, imagines that darkness has a soul. Some darkness is merely shadow, but other darkness is more than that. It is not simply an absence of light; it is its opposite, a kind of anti-light, far older and more terrifying. There are many kinds of darkness, ranging from simple twilight…

Travel to Ukraine with the Tchebourek recipe

A few days ago on TikTok or Instagram, I can’t remember which, I came across a Ukrainian woman who had left Ukraine to live in another country but came back to see her mother. I’m always impressed by the courage of Ukrainians. Frankly, I have immense respect for this people who stand firm against Russian…

Has Orchid become a gamer?

Hey Orchid, where did your passion for video games come from? As I’ve already told you, I grew up in foster care, so I didn’t have my own game console or PC for a long time. Before I was 10, I had no idea such a thing existed. I had to be invited to a…

Discovering my second PC video game: The Witness

As I’ve already mentioned, my experience with video games is quite limited, especially on PC. So now that I have one thanks to my boyfriend, I needed some games. Initially, I looked at free-to-play games, but they’re mostly competitive multiplayer, so I was advised to play single-player games to get used to the keyboard and…

It is me, Orchid 👉👈

Good heavens, what am I getting myself into? What am I going to say? Haaaa! You’re here!?!?!? Well then, um… hello! Forgive me, but this is my first time starting a blog and I really have no idea how to begin this introduction! Perhaps should I tell you a little about myself? Who I am:…