En dag med både fantasi och forskning
Lördagen blev en het dag med starka tramontanavindar, det vill säga, vindbyar från bergen som för med sig kyla i vattnet och får vårt parasoll på terassen att steppdansa.
Eleonora som nu kommit hem, och avlöst Emma, konstaterade att den minsta katten, Mozart har magrat och tappar hår medan vår stora Main Coonlufs Aslan har fått någon konstig svart fläck på tassen.
Det var två oroväckande nyheter och det blir till att ringa veterinären.
Eleonora, who had now come home and relieved Emma, noticed that the smallest cat, Mozart, had lost weight and was losing hair, while our big Maine Coon, Aslan, had developed a strange black spot on his paw.
This was worrying news, and we decided to call the vet.
We decided to go to the lava beach at Conquen [La Grande Conque plage] because the protective boulders block the wind and the sand consists of small, heavy lava grains, which are less likely to whip the skin.
It's really nice to walk on Conquen's colourful, weather-shaped rocks at sunset, but now during tourist season, there are crazy amounts of tourists.
The morning consisted of writing articles combined with reading fiction.
I need to finish a PowerPoint presentation on the place of democracy in the Swedish curriculum, focusing on history didactics, and an article on academic freedom. These are two exciting topics, and I made some progress, but my heart wants to continue writing the books about Cia Rhaoltzdotter:
Prologue, Book I:
Gyrid Helgadotters krönika
What happens when memories fade? What happens when there is no one left who can stand up and bear witness to a truth that can only be obtained through the physical senses of those who were there? Who have seen all the terrible things and have the courage to recount them to others. Who have heard the abysmal cries of despair and still hear them in the lonely darkness of the night and want to spare their children from this living hell.
To tell the story even though the words tear open wounds that bleed and hurt, and fall like offerings at the feet of others. Because we know that it is only through storytelling that hope can exist, to prevent the terrible things from happening again. To prevent what can hardly be mentioned or touched by thought. That which caused worlds to crumble and screams of pain to echo over everything that was beautiful but which, in the blink of an eye, was turned to ashes and ruins. Condensed into fragile memories cherished by a few. Cherished by those of us who are still breathing and who have been given the opportunity to live again.
It was a rather special trip to the beach. As we looked gloomily at the crowds on the beaches and made our way down the insanely crowded steps to the beach, it turned out that Fredrik had left his swimming trunks at home, along with one of the towels.
Anticlimax.
Fredrik walked all the way back to the car to see if they had fallen out, while I dipped my toes in the 17-degree water and returned to the shade under the parasol.
There was no swimming, but we had coffee and watched the rich and bustling beach life.
Our nice neighbours from Toulouse, who have renovated a ramshackle house near us, have repeatedly asked us to come over for dinner, but it hasn't really worked out.





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