Levé de soleil sur les rives de La Dive

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La Dive est un fleuve côtier de Normandie, qui prend sa source dans le département de l'Orne et traverse celui du Calvados, sur 105 kilomètres avant de se jeter dans la Manche.

A l'horizon, dessinée par la berge encore sombre du fleuve La Dive proche de l'embouchure et à marée haute, naissent les premières lueurs du jour dans un ciel partiellement dégagé.

En raison du changement climatique, cette zone, autrefois marécageuse en partie, va connaître des bouleversements tels que le risque de submersion et la salinisation des nappes d'eau douce du littoral.

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Good morning. 🌸💮🪷

12 November 2025

I forgot to add coffee grounds to the pot again this morning. That’s twice in two weeks, I think. A slip in the ritual of wakefulness.

Usually, when I start typing, it leads somewhere—a subject, a rant, or at least a blithering babble. So far, nothing. Unless this is the blithering babble. Maybe I’m on to something after all.

Yesterday, we ran into trouble logging into the DirecTV website to pay a bill. Just an error message. My wife called DirecTV for assistance, and after a few minutes with the representative, she handed me the phone. I should say up front: I loathe talking to customer service. Especially AT&T’s version of it—and DirecTV is under their umbrella.

I listened as the rep walked me through all the steps I’d already tried. I nodded politely, thanked them, and hung up the phone.

Except I didn’t hang up anything. I tapped a spot on the face of an iPhone. “Hung up the phone” is a vestigial expression—an echo from the days when we physically placed the receiver into a cradle to end the call. People my age remember that ritual. I imagine there are 21st-century folks who’ve never owned a landline. That’s a subject worth digging into sometime.

Anyway, I figured it out myself. Turns out the DirecTV site doesn’t play well with Norton VPN. I’ll need to find a way to let it through, since another site I use requires the VPN - a minor dilemma.

“Language is fossil poetry.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” — B.F. Skinner

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” — Dale Carnegie

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北京中軸綫（北段）第二部分Beijing Central Axis (Northern Section) Part TwoP1～P2: 故宮角樓 Corner Tower of the Forbidden City
P3～P4: 正陽門 城樓 Zhengyangmen Gate Tower
P5～P6: 正陽門 箭樓 Zhengyangmen Archery Tower
P7: 中國鐵道博物館 正陽門展館（京奉鐵路正陽門東車站舊址） China Railway Museum Zhengyangmen Branch (Former Site of Peking-Mukden Railway Zhengyangmen East Station)
P8: 國家大劇院 和 人民大會堂 National Centre for the Performing Arts and Great Hall of the People
P9～P10: 「玉德金聲」硯臺主題展 “Virtue of Jade, Resonance of Gold” Inkstone Thematic Exhibition
P11～P13: 萬寧橋 及 澄清上閘遺址 Wanning Bridge and Site of the Upper Chengqing Lock

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北京中軸綫（北段）第一部分
Beijing Central Axis (Northern Section) Part One
P1～P2: 鼓樓 Drum Tower
P3: 鐘樓 Bell Tower
P4: 煙袋斜街 Yandai Diagonal Street
P5～P6: 什剎海 / 積水潭 Shichahai / Jishuitan
P7～P10: 勅建火德眞君廟（火神廟） Huode Zhenjun Temple (Temple of the Fire Deity)

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🇫🇷 J’ai demandé au responsable du #Chateau s’il existait un endroit pour bivouaquer plus loin sur mon itinéraire. Il m’a proposé de dormir dans le parc après la fermeture, à condition que je parte avant l’ouverture à 9h (Tour du Val d’Allier, en #Auvergne #France ).
🇬🇧 I asked the manager of the #Castle if there was a place to #bivouac further along my route. He offered to let me sleep in the park after closing, on the condition that I leave before it opens at 9 a.m. (Tour du Val d’Allier, in Auvergne, France).
🇪🇸 Le pregunté al responsable del #Castillo si existía algún lugar para vivaquear más adelante en mi itinerario. Me ofreció dormir en el parque después del cierre, con la condición de que me fuera antes de la apertura a las 9 h (Tour du Val d’Allier, en #Auvernia, #Francia ).

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Good morning. 😴⏰☕

11 November 2025

It’s our first morning back home, and I’m surprised by how a short weekend trip can leave me so worn out. Maybe it’s the ceremonial shift—packing, unpacking, the subtle emotional toll of kinship witness.

Charlie, on the other hand, is thrilled to be back. The moment he steps inside after boarding, he checks that all his belongings are in place—his toys, his bed, his bowls—then trots straight to the back door. The backyard is his domain, and he reclaims it with quiet authority.

Today marks our first freeze of the season. The temperature sits at 31°F, or –0.56°C—just cold enough to frost the tips of the grass. I know the birds need extra energy in weather like this, and my feeders have been busy. I should go tend to them, but it’s brisk out there. 🥶 Not Minnesota cold, perhaps, but for Louisiana, it’s a proper chiller. Everything’s relative.

Sunday’s game was solid, even though the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers—my granddaughter’s team—lost to the Grambling State University Tigers. Maybe they call them the Lady Tigers. The outcome wasn’t unexpected: Grambling is a Division I team, while Ouachita competes in Division II.

What’s the difference? Good question. Funding, for one. Ouachita has a single coach; Grambling fields four or five. Division II programs tend to prioritize academics more heavily, allocating fewer resources to athletics. At least, that’s how I understood it when I looked it up.

Division I and Division II teams don’t usually face off. Sunday’s matchup was an exhibition game—designed to give both teams valuable experience as they prepare for the season ahead.

“Homecoming is not just an event; it’s a feeling of returning to where your heart truly belongs.” – Megan LaVaughn

“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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