Writober 2026 – Flightless

Another tough topic. I talked about birds in my Gangly entry, and I’m even more convinced that Inktober would be a great challenge for bird photographers. I’m writing this while sitting on the toilet, as one does. I’m facing the small wall of art in my toilets. There is a flightless raven on this wall, as it turns out, a photo of a curious bird stepping closer to the large camera it wants to inspect. (Buy the book!) The flightless bird (and more). Now I want to give you a tour of my toilet art wall. The bird photo is by my friend Sébastien, who also has the wonderful habit of sending « happy new year » cards, some of which have ended up in this collection (there’s at least one in each dry room of my apartment). Here’s the 2018 one: 2018 was a beautiful year with a beautiful card. On my wall, you’ll find roller derby cards, such as the « you shall not pass » drawing above the bird photo; motivational cards from Comme un million de papillons noirs, which are extremely cute but also a…