Chapter 9: Through the Southern Alps
Yves and I spend a few days at Marcel’s place before heading off again through the mountains. No hallucinogenic plants in sight, but a fabulous encounter that will remain engraved […]
Chapter 8: Marcel Adam, expanding the world
The following year, in 1971, I felt the urge to return to my secret valley. This time, my companion was a friend from the suburbs, Yves. For years, we’d been […]
Chapter 6: The Vosges, saved by plants!
My father has taken up the post of Director of the Bains-les-Bains spa in the Vosges, where I’ll be spending all my vacations from now on. This will be my […]
Chapter 5: Paris en musique
Back in Paris, music clearly took precedence over my studies. The baccalaureate and then preparation for the Grandes Écoles didn’t interest me much. When, one fine day in May 1968, […]
Chapter 4: Angoulême, the Paleolithic approach
In 1961, my father left the army and found a job as an insurance agent in Angoulême. We lived in a high-rise house with a narrow garden adorned by an […]
Chapter 3: Arêches, first discoveries
Every year, between my second and fifteenth birthdays, we spent our vacations in the village of Arêches in the Beaufortain region of Savoie. An admirable backdrop of mountains embracing wide […]
Chapter 2: First steps
My first memories are very clear. First of all, Paris: the window displays at Galeries Lafayette at Christmas time, the wooden blocks I stack in my playpen. The Eiffel Tower […]
Chapter 1: Plants save people
Meadows and woods, seashores and mountains, paths and wasteland reveal a multitude of plants in an infinite variety of colors and shapes. Appreciating this symphony of plant life with your […]
