Hi Hive!
It's Monday, and my last post was Friday morning. A few days without news, that's why.
Friday, my father came to pick me up in Normandy. We loaded the bags and hit the road together, headed to Corrèze. Several hours of driving to cross France. I was tired, but not necessarily in a bad way, just that end-of-week fatigue that builds up.
That said, really happy to go, genuinely.
We don't often make the drive together, my father and I. Life just makes those occasions rare. Normal, everyone has their own life. We're all in the same boat. And then Corrèze, I hadn't set foot there in 13 years.
We talked about it in the car. Time seems to slip through our fingers. I had actually read a book about that. The secret to time passing less quickly is to regularly do new activities, new trips.
I'm thinking about it this morning, because it's barely been 3 days since we left Normandy and it feels like 2 weeks.
I have some of my roots there, in Corrèze. So it's a place that holds a special spot. On top of being a truly beautiful place, it's a reminder of where we come from. The village in question is, on top of that, steeped in history.
And since the younger generations don't want to settle there, everything has kind of stayed frozen in time.
It was a real break from everyday life. When you're caught in the flow of life, it's the kind of weekend you don't plan often enough and you should.
We met up with family. Between the 3-hour meals, the conversations, waking up in the countryside, that slower rhythm that does you good.
And on Saturday, we went to buy ducks. I won't say more for now, but there's a project behind all that, I'll talk about it soon.
This morning I'm back. The week starts again. Let's go.
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Salut Hive !
C'est lundi, et ma dernière publication remonte à vendredi matin. Quelques jours sans nouvelles, voilà pourquoi.
Vendredi, mon père est venu me chercher en Normandie. On a chargé les affaires et on a pris la route ensemble, direction la Corrèze. Plusieurs heures de voiture pour traverser la France. J'étais fatigué, mais pas forcément d'une mauvaise façon, juste cette fatigue de fin de semaine qui s'accumule.
Cela dit, très content d'y aller, vraiment.
On ne fait pas souvent la route ensemble, mon père et moi. La vie fait que les occasions se font rares. Normal, chacun à sa vie. Tout le monde est dans le même bâteau. Et puis la Corrèze, ça faisait 13 ans que je n'y avais pas mis les pieds.
On en discutait dans la voiture. Le temps sembler nous filer entre les doigts. D'ailleurs, j'avais lu un livre sur ça. Le secret pour que le temps glisse moins vite est de faire régulièrement de nouvelles activités, de nouveaux voyages.
J'y repense ce matin, car ça fait à peine 3 jours que nous avons quitté la Normandie et j'ai l'impression que ça fait 2 semaines.
J'ai quelques-unes de mes racines là-bas, en Corrèze. Alors c'est un endroit qui a une place à part. En plus d'être un endroit vraiment magnifique, c'est un rappel de là d'où on vient. Le village dont il est question est, en plus de ça, chargé d'histoire.
Et puisque les nouvelles générations ne veulent pas s'y installer, tout est un peu resté figé.
C'était une vraie coupure avec le quotidien. Quand on est dans flux de la vie, c'est le genre de weekend qu'on ne planifie pas toujours assez souvent et qu'on devrait.
On a retrouvé de la famille. Entre les repas de 3h, les discussions, le révéil à la campagne, ce rythme plus lent qui fait du bien.
Et samedi, on est allés acheter des canards. Je n'en dis pas plus pour l'instant, mais il y a un projet derrière tout ça, j'en parlerai prochainement.
Ce matin je suis de retour. La semaine reprend. C'est parti.
The English translation was done using the DeepL API.
A holiday that feels longer (in a good way) is always a good one.
Can't wait to read about the ducks. We used to have indian runner ducks which were great fun. Will you use them for meat or eggs ?
We're going to use the ducks for meat. It's my grandfather's tradition that I'd like to revive. It goes against my convictions. But I feel like I need to do it 👍👍
I think if it's connected in that way it's better - you give them a happy life, and there's less waste like there would be blindly getting meat from the supermarket. It's unacceptable to get, say, foie gras, but raising your own meat and utilising every part of the bird is another story entirely.
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