Jouant avec la lune
Playing with the moon.
English version below the picture
C’ était pendant une nuit de Février 1996. Ma femme, Janine et moi rentrions en voiture d’ une station balnéaire appelée Berck en direction d’Amiens en utilisant l’ ancienne route . pour éviter l’ autoroute ..Dès le premier village rencontré nous avons aperçu la lune, plantureuse à souhait et bas sur l’horizon . Elle trônait sur une ligne de nuages . Plus loin, à l’ aérodrome d’ Abbeville la lune s’était dissimulée derrière cette ligne duveteuse pour reparaître en dessous au prochain village . Ensuite dans la plaine picarde cette belle lune ovoïde se tint plein ciel et nous enveloppa de sa belle lumière
Et enjouée avec cela. Tantôt à gauche , tantôt à droite et parfois dans l’ axe de la route . Ma femme était fascinée !
En clair , nous rentrions de Berck entre onze heures et minuit par une route tranquille et en jouant avec la lune.
It was during a night in February 1996. My wife, Janine and I were driving home from a seaside resort called Berck in the direction of Amiens using the old road, to avoid the highway .. From the first village met we saw the moon, buxom, as much you want to and low on the horizon. It was throning on a line of clouds. Farther on, at Abbeville airdrome, the moon had hidden behind this fluffy line and reappeared below the clouds, at the next village. Then in the plain this beautiful ovoid moon stood in the sky and wrapped us in its beautiful light
And playful with that! Sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right of the windshield and sometimes in the axis of the road. My wife was fascinated
In short, we returned from Berck between eleven o’clock and midnight by a quiet road in playing with the moon.
NB : I started the dialysis on March 20th. 12 h per week in 3 afternooons .
J ‘ ai commencé la dialyse le 20 Mars , 12 h par semaine en 3 après-midis.
Michel are you doing the drawing while undergoing the dialysis? A beautiful memory to share.
i started to write when a storm moved in the other day so I didn’t get to send notifies, though I don’t think you get my notifies.
Bonnie , when I am under the dialysis I have 2 needles in my forearm and I cannot move at all during 4 hours !
A fascinating and romantic experience. A beautiful memory. My best with the schedule. ♥️Love Holly.
yes , Holly. This is kind of romantic . Good night Madame the Moon (French song )! 🙂
I try this link for you . I hope it works : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruf5I4eQHY8
That’s beautiful Michel. Wow, such lovely memories.
Yes ,Holly, this music goes well with your poetry.
So beautifully Michel. I adore this.
Hope the dialysis is going well. What a nice memory. We have so many stored memories to help us learn from past mistakes and to help us through hard times by remembering the good times.
Yes , the great memories help us to cross the hard paths .
Bonjour ou bonsoir MICHEL c’est super de jouer avec la Lune en roulant
La vie a grand besoin de respect et d’amour
Il faut savoir donner pour mériter de prendre
Ce qui nous est offert et savoir aussi le rendre
Nous traversons, souvent, pendant notre vie
Des tortueux chemins qui viennent nous surprendre
C’est alors qu’il nous faut ouvrir nos cœurs et tendre
La main à nos amis pour leur dire bonjour
Belle journée ou belle soirée
Bisous Bernard
Très beau commentaire , Bernard . j ‘ajouterai seulement qu’il faut savoir aussi accepter ce qu’on vous donne
My best to you. The trials we go through in the life!
I enjoy the moon very much.
The moon is attractive , Is not it, Rachel ?
La nature est fascinante et imprévisible. Bonheur d un jour qu il faut savouer . Bonne soirée à vous deux on vous embrasse bien fort Carole
Merci Carole . Pensons bien à toi ce soir.
I hope the dialysis is going well, and that it makes you feel so much better. Let us know. xxx ❤
Merci, Marlaine . Oui je me sens mieux mais il faudra toujours continuer la dialyse
Strolling under the moonlight with your beloved one is truly wonderful❤💕💕
Love your sketches, Uncle Michel❤
I agree Isabel. As you see I keep preciously this memory.
Sounds like a lovely, and very peaceful, drive!
I remember it 13 years later, Nancy! 🙂
BonJour Michel,
I am guessing that you came across the drawing which sparked the memory? 🙂 You have retained the memory well. I’ve lived that similar sort of experience with the moon. Our world is so fascinating.
I think of you often, and your dialysis. I pray that you are coping well.
Much love,
Lynn ❤
No, Lynn, the drawing has been made yesterday . It repeats what is said in the text of the entry.<3
I am always impressed by your command of the English language. You have the vocabulary of a native speaker. The only thing that gives you away is the way you phrase things sometimes. This post was especially expressive, practically poetry.
You are kind Judy but what about my hearing of the english language ? 🙂
A beautiful story. May you be blessed and strengthened.
Thank you for your wishes, Nico.
Love how you describe the moon as playful. A lovely post, as always.
Hope the dialysis is going well. It must be awful to not be able to move during the 4 hours. How do you kill time? Can you take a nap then?
Find as we grow older, more health problems appear. I will be going for a minor surgery next week, for the doctors to do a biopsy and remove whatever abnormality they find in my womb. It’s my first ever surgery, and I’m not looking forward to it.
Have a good weekend!
I wish you courage, Suzy for the near surgery. Not any people like surgery, of course .
During dialysis , I try to read but with only one hand it is not easy.
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Thanks for your wish of courage, Michel!
Please , Suzy, keep me informed about the results of the biopsy
Definitely, Michel
I wish I could be there, to be your personal nurse during the dialysis, Michel! I’d be an old fashioned style of nurse, of course. ❤
I taught student nurses, and tried to convey my admiration for the job our kidneys quietly do for us, every day. We take them for granted …
This is when the kidneys do not work we realize they have multiple functions, Yvonne . ❤
A delightful post, Michel. Hope you are doing well with the dialysis.
Thanks Cynthia . Yes I am doing well .
Playing with the moon? I think the moon was playing with you …. entertaining and dancing. The moon sees a lot of things.
Since we get up so early for John’s dialysis…He leaves long before sunrise, I get to see the moon as it is in the western sky headed in your direction.
Since John starts so early, he gets home early and we have the rest of the day. However, he does take a nap since dialysis tires him.
I’m glad you are doing well. My father died of a kidney disease (nephritis). This was 1961, long before dialysis was available.
I was amused by the apparent movements of the moon
Your husband , Françoise, is a brave man. I go to dialysis in the afternoon but when I come home in the evening I am very tired . The day after is much better.
I know a song about ‘looking for the moon.’ It’s a beautiful song. I got introduced to it by justanotherday. 🙂
I found the video , Miriam . Yes it is beautiful .
I love your observations on nature, Michel! Lovely sketch to go with your post. 🙂
You are too kind Marion . I wonder how I dare post this sketch ! 🙂
Qu’il est bon de garder l’innocence et l’émrveillement qui permettent de jouer avec la Lune, ou avec un brin d’herbe, ou avec un crayon et une feuille de papier. Juste pour se rhabiller des émotions des enfants. Une très chaleureuse soirée à toi, Michel.
En 1996 , Gilles, nous étions encore jeunes et on s’amusait d’un rien !
Juste un peu plus jeunes, Michel !
Dear Michel,
As usual a beautiful entry from your pen and heart.
I am disturbed to hear that you are going through dialysis. I know it is not an easy procedure, thrice a week until you get a new kidney or stay with the procedure for ever. My prayers and good thoughts are with you through out this trial. I know what a beautiful and supporting family you have Michel. I thank God Almighty for that.
Lots of love to you dear friend.
Zakiah.
Thank you Zakiah for your prayers .
I love when you share your drawings, Michel! They make me smile! 🙂 And your encounter with the moon is a wonderful memory!
The moon does like playing the children’s game “Hide and Go Seek” some nights. 🙂
Cooper and I take walks every night so I can enjoy the moon.
I hope and pray everything is going well with your dialysis. More prayers for you.
❤ and (((HUGS)))
I imagine you Carolyn and Cooper walking at night in a montainus area looking at the moon !
Yes. We do that every night. 🙂 I love the night air and the night sky.
O night! How deep is your silence
When golden stars glitter in the heavens
I love your radiant coat
Your calm is infinite
Your splendor is immense
Oh! What a beautiful poem, Michel! Did you write it?!
I did not write it. Carolyn . They are the words translated in English of a song by Jean-Philippe Rameau ( hymn to the night )
How beautiful! thank you for the link to the hymn! 🙂
A lovely memory Michel , that is the problem with living in a town we do not get to see the moon in all this glory. Hope you are feeling much better on your treatment has started
I have to go in the garden to watch the moon, Julie.
beautiful story Michel! I can see it perfectly in my mind!!! I’m sorry you have to go through dialysis, but you will feel much better……you are in my prayers ❤
I am glad you saw in mind my story , Gayle . The winding road in the plain explains the apparent dance of the moon left to right,
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Michel, I love your sketches and stories about the world you see. Nature shows us many beautiful things!
I am glad to hear dialysis is going well. You and the family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Much love from all of us here at the farm, ❤
Lavinia
I agree with you, Lavinia . Nature offers to us a lot of beautiful things we have to grasp . And you do this very well in your blog .
My prayers for health and healing for you as you go through dialysis. ❤
Thanks ,Marica.( there is no healing possible, the dialysis is for life ( the kidneys are disorganized and don’t make their functions)
The moon is fascinating! Such a long time to sit for dialysis. While you are doing dialysis you should have a smartphone to read blogs and Facebook with. But get one with a big screen. As I aged I had to get a larger screen to read the small words.
I have no idea why it gave my name that way. I am so sorry.
No worries , Gail.. Thanks for your suggestion of a smartphone but you know I can use only one hand during the dialysis ( the other is stuck because the two needles in my forearm)
A beautiful and romantic memory. I love watching the moon when we are out at night. Hugs
Yes, Elizabeth, the moon helps to dream. ❤
I like these little journey stories. Even a very short journey can hold all sorts of significance.
We have only to be sensible and attentive . Thanks Neil.
I love this drawing, Michel. You have a very special artistic style. Hope your dialysis is going well 💞
You know, Barbara, this drawing is a simple sketch quickly made. Thank you.
Lune solitaire
Abandonnée à la nuit
Qui donc vous regarde ?
Mon père, ce poète !!!
Je t’embrasse Papa
PS : L’aïku est d’un poète japonais du 19ème siècle !
Merci Véronique . Suis-je donc un poète ?
Je t’ embrasse et bon week end
So many memories under the moon. I like your remembrance, and I like the fact that all those years ago, we looked up and saw the same moon all those miles away. I think, rich and poor, near and far, none of us has more, none has less, we’re all brought together just a little by our shared experience of the same moon and stars in the night sky. I hope you’re well as can be, and that your treatment is providing some relief, friend. These days, I’m working nights, so I see the sun go down, and watch it rise and see the moon do the same, each night while I’m out delivering feed to the egg farmers from 6 pm to 6 am. When I see a star fall vertically (most streak horizontal, across the sky) I like to imagine maybe it’s my son, throwing down a bit of meteor to comfort his Daddy a bit.
This is a deep comment , my friend . Yes the sky at night is source of inspiration and brings solace to those who are torn by a mourning.
Love seeing your drawing, Michel. May God bless you and your family.
It is only a little sketch made quickly!
La lune déesse féminine, le soleil, l’astre roi, nous accompagnent fidèlement.
Amitiés et meilleures pensées aussi pendant les longues heures sous dialyse
AM & Johann
Je suis obligé de m’ adapter, Anne-Marie . Merci.
My Dear friend , I’m sorry it has been so long to write to you, but life has been full of purpose and timing would have it that writng became less of a natural impulse for me.
So good to see you writing away and it remind me of france and the fond memories of staying there for my summer holidays as a child. Unforgettable memories.
Thank you for reminding me.
I have opened up my Xanga today, having made it private for perhaps the last few years. and i have other links if you wish to connect that way.
http://www.vimeo.com/owenhiggins is where i explore the art of film.. but do not get angry if you waste a whole morning there!!! 🙂
Peace to you and your family and the Rest of the mighty Xangan’s
Stay in touch.
regards
Owen
What fun you had playing with the moon. Your playful perspective makes the journey much more interesting!
Bonjour ou bonsoir MICHEL bon dimanche
La vie a grand besoin de respect et d’amour
Il faut savoir donner pour mériter de prendre
Ce qui nous est offert et savoir aussi le rendre
Nous traversons, souvent, pendant notre vie
Des tortueux chemins qui viennent nous surprendre
C’est alors qu’il nous faut ouvrir nos cœurs et tendre
La main à nos amis pour leur dire bonjour
Belle journée ou belle soirée
Bisous Bernard
Merci ,Bernard, c’est une très jolie composition.
What a lovely moonlight drive and pleasant memory :-).
peace & love ❤
Jane
Pleasant memory , You are right, jane.
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Oh that’s nice – a very playful moon. It almost sounds like it’s a puppy or a kitten keeping you company on your evening drive.
Such a playful moon! 🙂
How have you been feeling? I think pray you are feeling a good result from the dialysis.
Much love,
Caroline❤️
Mornin Glorie…I love the chasing the moon about and taking routes that are more scenic and you and yours…that is a long time to sit for dialysis I’m sending hugs and prayers your way! ilym