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Conscience before consciousness – TheTLS

The letter referring to “cerebral Macron” and setting his average mind alongside the grandeur of that of De Gaulle is amusing. It stands no comparison, of course. That on Kant is also good, as is the principal letter on the rehabilitation of synderesis. A good start to the day here in St.Martin, as the neighbours turn on their swimming pool cleaner to drive away the serenity of the early morning. LJ

Conscience before consciousness – TheTLS
— Read on www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/letters-to-the-editor-202/

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Des cygnes noirs sur les marais salants à Ars en Ré

THE BLACK SWAN

The sun has fallen and it lies in blood.
The moon is weaving bandages of gold.
O black swan, where, oh, where is my lover gone?
Torn and tattered is my bridal gown,
And my lamp is lost, and my lamp is lost.

With silver needles and with silver thread,
The stars stitch a shroud for the dying sun.
O black swan, where, oh, where has my lover gone?
I had given him a kiss of fire,
And a golden ring, and a golden ring.

Don’t you hear your lover moan?
Eyes of glass and feet of stone,
Shells for teeth and weeds for tongue,
Deep, deep, down in the river’s bed,
He’s looking for the ring.
Eyes wide open, never asleep,
He’s looking for the ring, looking for the ring.

The spools unravel and the needles break,
The sun is buried and the stars weep.
O black wave, O black wave, take me away with you.
I will share with you my golden hair,
And my bridal crown, and my bridal crown.

Oh, take me down with you
Take me down to my wand’ring lover
With my child unborn, with my child unborn.

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Les tortues marines | Aquarium La Rochelle

L’une de ces tortues porte le nom Île de Ré, ayant été repêchée l’année dernière au large de La Couarde par des plaisanciers. Je me suis inscrit au site afin de pouvoir suivre son parcours maintenant qu’elle a repris le large. LJ

Le vendredi 29 juin 2018, 6 tortues marines recueillies par le Centre d’Etudes et des Soins pour les Tortues Marines de l’Aquarium La Rochelle ont retrouvé leur milieu naturel.
— Read on www.aquarium-larochelle.com/preparer-sa-visite/nouveautes-evenements/suivre-les-tortues-marines-du-cestm

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The deserted beach beyond Loix

As I drew nearer to my favourite spot this morning, a bird of prey, larger than a kestrel but smaller than a buzzard, plummeted from the sky on to a small rodent, but, doubtless alarmed by my approach, released it at once, allowing the startled creature to scurry away to safety, squeaking its song of freedom amidst the scrub.

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Chablis Daniel-Etienne Defaix

Chablis Daniel-Etienne Defaix – Site Officiel à Chablis. Découvrez ses Chablis, Premiers crus et Grands Crus élevés plusieurs années avant commercialisation. Oenotourisme : cave, restaurant et hôtel.
— Read on www.chablisdefaix.com/framedefaix.html

Une belle soirée au Restaurant L’Insolite à St.Martin de Ré en compagnie de Sebastien Boutet, Alizée Massé et Monsieur Daniel-Etienne Defaix, dont nous avons fort apprécié les vins excellents.

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The Loix end of Ars from the Ars end of Loix.

I’ve just cycled out to the Ars end of Loix in order to see the Loix end of Ars, so to speak.

Geographically speaking, the Loix end of Ars is also of course the arse end of Ars, and you don’t need tracing paper to prove it, not even Bronco or Izal Medicated tracing paper, each as indispensable as a good crayon to the aspiring geographer.

Loix, Ars & Les Portes

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Rhétais ou Rétais ? Quelle réforme de l’orthographe ? – Ré à la Hune

A souligner, la formule de St.Augustin:

« Dans les choses nécessaires : l’unité ; dans les choses douteuses : la liberté. En toutes choses : la charité »

Variation humoristique sur la réforme de l’orthographe. D’où vient, le « h » de Rhétais repris par nombre d’enseignes ? Selon certains, ce serait une pédanterie graphique attribuant à la déesse Rhéa la protection de l’île.
— Read on www.realahune.fr/rhetais-retais-avez-dit-reforme-lorthographe/