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Bonne soirée 💙 🎸🥞

Suroît 🎶 La Mi-Carême

Aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine au Québec

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US Vogue September 1, 1964

Shelagh wears a bright sage green "bad weather" coat in twill wool with Halston's short-brimmed Suroît. Underneath, a soft cabbage green jersey dress, matching jersey stockings. Suit by Norman Norell. Hat by Halston. Gloves by Kislav. Earrings in faux pearls by Marvella.

Shelagh porte un manteau "mauvais temps" vert sauge vif en laine sergée avec le Suroît à bord court de Halston. En dessous, une robe en jersey vert chou doux, des bas en jersey assortis. Costume de Norman Norell. Chapeau Halston. Gants Kislav. Boucles d'oreilles en fausses perles Marvella.

Photo David Bailey vogue archive

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Weird Winds: A map of French winds

If you do not know, France doesn't just have one or two or four winds. When you look at the winds of France, you won't just find your typical cardinal division East/West/North/South. Oh no! You will get tons and tons of winds, with all sorts of bizarre names. Each region has its own set of winds, with its own names, meteorological effects, and cultural associations. The result is that people can write entire books about the French winds just by listing them all.

I just found a little website that can serve as a good introduction to the winds of France. It is a website dedicated to learning French when you're a foreigner, and it has one tiny page about the winds of France. It notably offers this simplified map selecting fifteen winds:

Here is the list of the winds, corresponding to the numbers on the map.

Le suroît. A South wind of the Bretagne region, hot and humid.

Le nordet. A Bretagne North wind, that makes the air colder and causes downpours.

La bise. A dry and cold North wind.

La bise. (Yes, they put it twice)

Baslerwind, an Eastern wind of Alsace.

La lombarde. A dry and violent winds of the Alps and the Savoie region.

La tramontane. A violent wind of the Languedoc and the Roussillon.

Le levant. The gentle and humid East wind.

Le ponant. The (usually) soft, Mediterranean West wind.

Le sirocco. The hot wind that carries into France the Sahara sands.

Le cers. The West wind of the Roussillon region, known to scatter clouds away and bring a sunny weather. The cers is considered a componants of the tramontane.

L'autan. An often strong sea wind, that blows in the opposite direction of the tramontane in the Toulouse region and the Tarn. It can be gentler or colder depending on the places.

La tramontane. A cold and strong wind that blows in the Languedoc-Roussillon. It is also the North wind of Provence.

La galerne. A local wind of the Pays Basque, which blows by "hits" (in an irregular way). Through strong gusts, it lowers the temperature and brings rain.

Le mistral. A typical wind of Provence, which also blows in the Var region and in Corsica. It is known to usually blow several days in a row.

The website also had links to other pages that explained in greater details a handful of those winds. I'll put the explanations below:

A) Le Ponant. When it comes to regional Mediterranean winds, le Mistral or la Tramontane usually come to mind - but people tend to forget le Ponant, whose name indicates its position as the West wind. "Ponant" itself is a Latin-inherited term designating the place where the sun sets (opposing the "levant", where the sun rises), and thus in terms of winds, le ponant wind is the west wind, opposed to the Levant wind, the east wind. However, originally, the sailors used "ponant" and "levant" merely as cardinal directions (West/East), and by extension to designate the two bodies of water they travelled across: the Ponant was the Atlantic Ocean, the Levant the Mediterranean Sea. As such, the French sailors called the "Ponant ports" towns such as Brest or La Rochelle, and "Levant ports" Marseille or Sète. It was only afterward that the two terms came to designate the East and West winds.

The Ponant is a western wind with southern components. It is usually soft and gentle, especially when it blows from the south-west, even though it can be strong on the Balearic area. While it blows all year long, it is most present during spring and autumn.

B) Autan. The autan wind is known for its violence by the inhabitants of the Tarn and Toulouse regions. It is even often called "the mad wind" or the "insane wind". The Autan is one of the three local winds of the Occitanie region, alongside the Tramontane and the Marin. While it is mostly focused on Tarn and Toulouse, it can sometimes touch Quercy and Rouerge. The autan is actually the prolongation of the sea-wind blowing on the coasts of the Languedoc-Roussillon. The "triangle" between which the Autan is the most common is formed by Toulouse, Castelnaudary and Castres. It forms the opposite of the tramontane, which comes from the Mediterranean sea. The autan wind can go from 10 km per hour to 90 km per hour in the span of just two hours, and it can come back several times throughout the year.

Legend claims that the autan wind drives people mad - the superstition seems to come from the fact that the autan wind is very local, meaning in a precise area it can blow very strongly, while it is still and peaceful right next door. This is because the Autan is created by the presence of the Pyrénées, the wind being "channeled" by a series of valleys (the Agout valley, the Tarn valley, the Lauragais-Garonne). When the wind arrives from the Mediterranean sea, it is very humid, but by the foehn effect it dries up by going over the Corbières and the Black mountain - and it is only once the wind is dried up that it becomes the "autan". There are actually two types of autan according to local beliefs, the "white" autan and the "black" autan. [Note: the website unfortunately does not give the exact difference between the two]

C) Le Cers. "Le cers" is actually one of the oldest, if not THE oldest wind-name in the French language. Blowing from west to east, this wind regulates and rules the weather of the Languedoc-Roussillon region - more precisely of its western half. This wind, that removes the rain and scatters the clouds, blowing on all season, usually three days by four, is what gives to the region is very sunny and shining weather, and it is thus considered a "healthy" wind. You can even see how the Cers sculpted the region: the trees of the area are all leaning to the east! And the old houses of the area all are turned with their back towards the cers, to prevent heating problems. All the gardens, great openings, pools, terraces and other things of the sort are placed east. The cers is not a mountain wind, but a plain wind, that passes between the Massif central and the Pyrénées, through Naurouze. On the Golfe du Lion, there is absolutely no north wind - only the cers that blows from inside the lands. On the heights of Saint-Cyr, near the towns of Ouveillan and Sallèles-d'Aude, you can find a former Roman temple that was built to the god Circius - aka, the Latin embodiment of the cers wind... And this temple seems to be located precisely at the center of what is known as the sunniest area of all France.

D) La galerne is a well known phenomenon of the Pays Basque region, called "enbata" by the locals, and the terror of the sailors. A "coup de galerne" (a galerne hit) is a brief and local phenomenon of the Pays Basque coasts, which sometimes extends itself to the south of the Garonne region. You recognize a galerne by the sudden degradation of the atmospheric conditions, and a brutal drop in temperature. The wind suddenly blows from the north-west, and it can blow really hard, up to a 100 km per hour and above. All of this is usually happening alongside a gathering of clouds, and outbursts of rain. The galerne can hit all year long, but is most frequent between spring and summer, usually between April and September.

The galerne starts out as a little movement of cold air coming from the Golfe de Cascogne. This movement of the air, carried on by winds, becomes stronger thanks to the mountains that cover the Spanish coasts (the Cantabrique mounts). These mountains force the wind to go towards the Pays Basque, while strengthening it - without these mountains, there wouldn't be any galerne. Since this air comes from the sea, it is colder than the local Basque air, which comes from inland. This is what causes the brutal drop in temperatures - and of course, the humidity of the galerne is also because it is carried from the sea.

[detournementsmineurs]

"Hou, Hou, la Mer s'Eveille, le Vent Souffle au Suroît..." aquarelle et gouache d'Ernest Guérin (1887-1952) à l'exposition "Ernest Guérin (1887-1952) – Peintre et Enlumineur Breton" au Musée du Faouët, Bretagne, août 2024.

[bigdblues]

Check out our Acadian playlist dated July 15th, 2024.

Benoit Dugas; Blou; Charles Deveau; Dave LeBlanc; Eric Surette; Grand Dérangement; Les Tymeux de la Baie; Louise à Dan Comeau; Luc d'Eon; Luc et Tanya; Marc à Paul à Joe; Mécoke; Melvin Cottreau; Mike à Vic; Musique Dans Mon Sang -radio CIFA; Yvette d'Entremont; Vickie Deveau; Unission; Une goutte d'eau - radio CIFA; Trio Acadien; Sylvie Boulianne; Suroît; Studio B; Stella Burridge; Sluice; Simplement Nous; Setlist; Sébastien Dol; P'Tit Belliveau; Philip et Wendell d'Eon; Pauline LeBlanc; Paul Saulnier; Paul Moulaison; Paul Deveau; Nelson LeBlanc; Musique de la Nouvelle Acadie; Jacque et Melissa.

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Photo: Man and Peace 1995 reunion:)

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Garden-trotteuses

Ma grand-mère est une femme qui se tient toujours au même endroit. Une sédentaire qui, comme tant d’autres âmes littorales, n’a jamais vogué ni survolé la mer. Il n’y a que les pêcheurs et les marins d’assez fous pour aller se balancer dans la grande tasse.

Elle, ce qu’elle aime, c’est la terre. Celle qu’on foule, qu’on creuse, qu’on gratte et qu’on bêche. C’est une hyper-terrestre qui s’est inventé une façon bien à elle de voyager en sillonnant les allées des jardins, publics et privés. Elle visite ceux alentour à pied, un sécateur de poche à portée de main pour se tailler un souvenir de choix, et les plus lointains à l'œil devant l’émission Silence, ça pousse ! chaque samedi matin. En somme, ma grand-mère est une garden-trotteuse.

Puisqu’il est impossible de dessouder de sa terre une sédentaire, je me suis faite à l’idée que jamais je ne mettrai ma grand-mère dans un avion, un bus ou un TER. Il a donc fallu mettre au point un stratagème pour l’emmener avec moi en voyage.

Ça m’est venu un été. Au goûter, je lui ai dit « demain soir, Mamie, je passe te voir et nous allons partir en excursion toi et moi » et elle m’a semblé prendre peur de ce que nous pourrions découvrir.

Depuis vingt ans, la solution sommeillait sous mon nez. Ou plutôt sous le sien qui chaque jour renifle les effluves du jardin qu’elle cultive avec patience et passion. Ce jardin, c’est son Éden, son Majorelle, son Arcadie, son Versailles ; mais en plus beau, en plus vaste, parce qu’il la contient tout entière. Elle y fait pousser des gerbes de joie qu’elle arrose des sanglots longs d’avant-hier – autant que ça serve, la douleur.

Il était 21 heures, c’était l’été et il faisait chaud. Pourtant, lorsque je retrouvai ma grand-mère qui m’attendait sur le pas de sa porte, le vent se leva comme en quête d’un cerf-volant à projeter au pied d’un nuage. Il soufflait fort, s’égosillant dans les carillons, boursouflant sous nos jupes. J’observai ma grand-mère. Elle portait sur la tête un suroît ; c’est un chapeau en toile cirée avec un large bord à l’arrière pour protéger la nuque, un chapeau de marin. Pleuvrait-il ce soir ? Dans sa main droite, elle serrait l’anse d’un petit arrosoir ; dans sa gauche, le manche de son sécateur de poche. Moi, j’avais jeté dans mon sac à dos un spray anti-moustiques, une bouteille d’eau ainsi qu’un dictaphone pour documenter notre périple.

J’ai appuyé sur le bouton rouge de l’appareil. Ma grand-mère a rempli d’eau de pluie son arrosoir et m’a menée jusqu’à la roseraie. Elle m’a expliqué s’être petit à petit séparée des rosiers trop pénibles à ébrancher quand la vieillesse prend racine. À la place, elle a planté des pseudowintera ; des arbustes qui, comme elle, feignent d’aimer l’hiver, et il est vrai qu’ils font preuve de résilience face au froid, à l’obscurité et à la mélancolie, mais c’est du feu d’un rayon de soleil dont ils ont besoin. En les arrosant elle leur dit « merci », au bosquet de fuchsias « écoute, fais-moi seulement une seule fleur et je serais contente » et à moi « quand les gens partent, j’ai l’impression qu’il y a comme une faiblesse de courant, la lumière qui faiblit un petit peu. »

Guidées par la pomme d’arrosage qui, tel un chien pisteur, sait reconnaître les plantes aux abois, nous disparaissons derrière de grands arbres. Ma grand-mère se retourne et m’explique « faut communiquer, avec les arbres » alors je les salue un à un. De leurs branches pendouillent des bidules en verre, en zinc, en pierre, en bois. C’est elle qui les fabrique, « ça a des significations » précise-t-elle, sans m’expliquer lesquelles. Arrivées à la pompe, elle s’épanche un peu plus. Là, elle a recyclé le couvercle d’une lessiveuse de sa mère. Ici, les boîtes de lait de la mienne. Elle décrit de l’index une création plus architecturale que les autres « le tronc, c’est papy », « ça, c’est mon ventre », « il en est sorti trois enfants qui sont réunis au sommet ! » Elle ajoute qu’elle voit des choses que les autres ne voient pas. Que ses yeux entendent. Moi, je comprends que les miens se sont tus toutes ces années, qu’ils ont refusé de me dire ce qu’ils percevaient dans les siens.

On a continué de s’enfoncer dans le jardin. On a croisé un buis planté le jour de ma naissance et qui me ressemble, un leucothoe panaché, des œillets recueillis sur une tombe le jour de son mariage, deux tiges d’abélia entrelacées, des herbes folles ondulant sous le poids du vent, un osmanthus d’une vingtaine d’années. Elle a dit « les plantes, elles ne me trahissent pas » et j’ai compris que ça n’avait pas toujours été le cas des hommes. J’ai éteint le dictaphone pour enregistrer avec mes deux yeux et mes deux oreilles le récit de ses souffrances. Elle a examiné les plantes meurtries par la sécheresse, « cette année, tout souffre, c’est de la faute à personne. »

Il était temps de rentrer. Nous n’avions pas vu les heures passer. Elle me fit signe de la suivre. C’est là que j’ai compris l’utilité du suroît dont le long versant de toile cirée protégeait de mes larmes sa nuque. En passant sous les arbres, elle m’a parlé du phanelopsis hieroglyphica, une espèce d’orchidées originaire des Philippines qu’elle avait découvert à la télé et rêvait d’acquérir. Sans doute en trouverais-je une à Paris. On trouve de tout là-bas, c’est pas comme ici.

Le voyage prit fin sur le pas de sa porte. Le vent s’était éteint alors elle fit chanter le carillon de ses doigts fins de faiseuse. Elle ne quittait pas son œuvre des yeux. « Quand j’étais malade, je voyais mon jardin, je lui disais "Tu vois, t’es dans le même état que moi." J’avais pas de peine pour moi, mais j’avais de la peine pour mon jardin. » Il n’y avait pas de tristesse dans sa voix. Nous nous sommes données rendez-vous l’été prochain au même endroit et je suis rentrée à Paris, le souvenir de ses mots dans mon sac à dos.

(texte publié dans le premier numéro de la revue Flâneries fanzine sur le thème "voyager ensemble")

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HAPPY QUINZOUUUUUUUU

[atlanticcanada]

Acadian music venue 'brings the community together' in Évangéline region

Federal funding let the venue bring in artists such as the Québec band Suroît, as well as hold cultural events for both St. Patrick's Day and the Acadian mid-Lent celebration known as Mi-Carême. 

from CBC | Prince Edward Island News https://ift.tt/43L1Wpu

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#Rigaud tient son nom du #Marquis de #Vaudreuil né au #Québec. Heureusement, on a le bec moins pincé! 😁 #lesaviezvous #villederigaud #amisdelaculture #quebec #suroît #monteregie #histoireduquebec #nouvellefrance #nouveaumonde #culture #patrimoineculturel https://www.instagram.com/p/BzeiPXlhH0t/?igshid=152b8dco3e4z9

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Where the NDP could win:

…and hence where you should absolutely vote NDP and not fear ‘vote splitting’ or ‘handing the election to the Conservatives.’ Ridings where the NDP are incumbent but behind have to be considered at least plausible.

(working from this great breakdown from @Historian_Matt on twitter, using projections (not polls) from 338 and riding history from wikipedia)

Newfoundland & Labrador - swept by LPC, time to take it back. St. John’s East: won by Jack Harris in ‘08 &’11, Harris is running again. Two way race between NDP & LPC on 338. St. John’s South—Mount Pearl: won by Ryan Cleary in ‘11, 338 doesn’t like the odds. Nova Scotia - Some lost territory to regain, CPC not a huge factor. Dartmouth–Cole Harbour: won by Robert Chisholm in ‘11, Emma Norton is an ‘Our Time’ endorsed environmental activist.    Halifax: won by the excellent Megan Leslie in’08 and ‘11, previously won by former leader Alexa McDonough, this is a two-way race and this should be an NDP riding. Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook: won by (the now-disgraced) Peter Stoffer in six consecutive elections, currently a three-way race.  New Brunswick - Acadians rise up. Acadie—Bathurst: won by Yvon Godin six times between ‘97 and ‘15, two-way race against incumbent LPC Serge Cormier. Quebec - NDP not looking good, but the CPC is even lower most places. Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou: Enormous Northern riding held by the retiring Romeo Saganash. 338 has this split between the Bloc and LPC, but with the NDP not far behind. The Tories are a non-factor.

Abitibi—Témiscamingue: Currently held by retiring Christine Moore, another tight one between LPC/BQ/NDP.  Beloeil—Chambly: Currently held by Matthew Dubé, the last-standing member of the McGill 5. 338 has him well behind the LPC and BQ. Berthier—Maskinongé: Currently held by Ruth Ellen Brosseau (the notorious REB) and one of the few Quebec ridings that the NDP can be said to be leading in. It would be ludicrous to vote Liberal here, it’s REB or the Bloc. Drummond: Currently held by Francois Choquette, 338′s breakdown somehow puts him 4th. Hochelaga: Currently held by retiring Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet, now allegedly a LPC/Bloc battleground. Fuck ‘em both, vote NDP. Jonquière: Currently held by Karine Trudel, who, like Choquette in Drummond, is improbably in 4th.                  Laurier—Sainte-Marie: The site of the retiring Hélène Laverdière defeating Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe, and a Quebec riding where the NDP are second to the LPC. Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques: Leadership candidate Guy Caron’s riding, which he won in ‘11 and ‘15. 338 has him behind the Bloc and LPC. Sucks to that. Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie: NDP Deputy Leader Alexandre Boulerice isn’t going anywhere. Currently ahead.   Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot: Currently held by Brigitte Sansoucy. Salaberry—Suroît: Held by the retiring Anne Minh-Thu Quach. Sherbrooke: Pierre-Luc Dusseault is now 28 years old after two full terms in office, unfortunately Sherbrooke is yet another Quebec riding now being contested between the Bloc and LPC. Trois-Rivières: Another of the 2011 pickups that weathered 2015, incumbent Robert Aubin being given a disrespectful 8.9% on 338. Ontario - Big yikes of a province, but traditional ridings could hold. Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing: Carol Hughes has represented this rural riding since 2008, currently polling well. Brampton East: Raj Grewal left the LPC amid a particularly spicy investigation into his gambling debts. Canada’s only majority South Asian riding, its provincial analogue is held by Jagmeet’s brother. 338 lists it as safe LPC even so. Beaches—East York: NDP has been a strong performer in this riding and held it in the past, it’s a two-way race between them and LPC. Davenport: Won by Andrew Cash in 2011, he’s back and trailing slightly. Essex: Tracey Ramsey won this riding in 2015, this is a rare NDP/CPC race and Tracey’s leading but she needs your vote. Hamilton Centre: The retiring David Christopherson is the only MP this riding has known (created in 2004,) Our Time is endorsing his replacement, Matthew Green. He’s leading, according to 338. Hamilton East—Stoney Creek: Previously held by Wayne Marston from ‘06 to ‘15, and a race between the LPC and NDP. Hamilton Mountain: Historically always a LPC/NDP battleground, currently an orange seat for Scott Duvall. London—Fanshawe: I don’t generally approve of dynastic politics, but the retiring Irene Mathyssen’s daughter Lindsay is vying to replace her in London and is currently ahead of the LPC. Niagara Centre: Malcolm Allen won this riding in ‘08 and ‘11 and is trying to avenge his 2015 defeat in what now looks like a three-way race. Nickel Belt: Traded between LPC and NDP for decades, singer-songwriter Stef Paquette is in yet another close race. Oshawa: Not sure I agree with the detective work on this one. Yes, Ed Broadbent used to rep Oshawa. Literally thirty years ago. Candidate seems like a good one though. Ottawa Centre: Also repped by Ed and the late, great Paul Dewar. Currently held by the duplicitous Catherine McKenna, the NDP are polling 2nd in this used-to-be stronghold. Parkdale—High Park: Once the riding of powerhouse Peggy Nash, another two-way race. Check out Paul Taylor’s specs.   Sault Ste. Marie: Strong NDP results historically, held by Tony Martin among others. NDP candidate Sara McCleary really laid it all out when she was nominated. Scarborough North: Previously held by Rathika Sitsabaiesan in 2011, NDP currently polling 3rd.  Scarborough Southwest: Strong LPC district, though Dan Harris won this riding in 2011. Whoever you vote for here, maybe don’t vote for Bill fucking Blair. Spadina—Fort York: downtown Toronto, previously the riding of Olivia Chow. Climate activist Diana Yoon in tough against incumbent Adam Vaughn. CPC a non-factor.      Sudbury: LPC/NDP battleground, with the Liberals on top pretty solidly in the polls. Thunder Bay—Rainy River: Close race between incumbent LPC and the NDP. The late John Rafferty represented the riding between 2008-2015. Thunder Bay—Superior North: Contest is a three-way between aisle-crossing GPC Bruce Hyer, incumbent LPC Patty Hadju and the NDP’s Anna Betty Achneepinsekum, former Deputy Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.    Timmins–James Bay: Say what you will about Charlie Angus, the wannabe-Pat Martin is not in any particular danger of losing this race. Toronto—Danforth: As matter of principle the NDP should not have lost Jack’s riding in 2015, and as this is essentially a two-way race between them and the LPC, documentarian Min Sook Lee should absolutely have your vote. Windsor—Tecumseh: Big NDP riding, incumbent Cheryl Hardcastle should be able to hold a riding the party has held all millennium. Windsor West: Similarly, Brian Masse has represented Windsor West since 2002. It’s his to lose. Toronto Centre: I mean, imagine unseating Bill Morneau. Liberals have a big lead here, the CPC are a non-factor and Brian Chang is an excellent candidate. University—Rosedale: Still unhappy that Jennifer Hollett lost out to Capitalism with a Human Face Chrystia Freeland, and further unhappy that Freeland seems a shoe-in for re-election. NDP are second, for what it’s worth. York South—Weston: Won by the NDP’s Mike Sullivan in ‘11, something of an LPC stronghold otherwise. Again, NDP are second in a very Liberal riding. Manitoba - well, it’s not all bad news.  Churchill—Keewatinook Aski: Yeah, Niki Ashton’s sticking around. It was close in 2015, but this is her 4th rodeo. Elmwood—Transcona: aka, the Blaikie dynasty riding. Again, I don’t care for that sort of thing but I do hope Daniel Blaikie holds on here. Currently 2nd behind the CPC. Winnipeg Centre: I feel like the good people of Winnipeg, who dumped Pat Martin for the Liberals in 2015, should be real disappointed with Ouellette. 338 has this one pretty tight with the NDP, and Leah Gazan is an incredible candidate. Winnipeg North: Historically a strong NDP riding despite disappointing results this decade.  Saskatchewan - The LPC is almost completely absent, the NDP trail the CPC everywhere. Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River: Currently held by Georgina Jolibois, tight race with the CPC here. Saskatoon West: Currently held by deputy NDP leader Sheri Benson, and apparently another tight one.  Regina—Lewvan: Oy. Currently held by former-NDP Erin Weir, who is thankfully not running. Seems like a loss incoming, CPC leading the NDP. Saskatoon—Grasswood: Safe CPC territory but with decent NDP numbers. Saskatoon—University: Oh gods, Brad Trost’s riding. The NDP are the second choice overwhelmingly here, but the Trostlodyte seems entrenched. Alberta - Let’s keep this short. Edmonton Strathcona: Linda Duncan, who won this seat in 2011, is retiring. Her would-be replacement Heather McPherson has a real uphill battle against… Alberta, conceptually. BC - The Greens are beginning to become a problem. Burnaby North—Seymour: Svend Robinson is back. Despicable CPC candidate Heather Leung has been removed (but remains on the ballot.) LPC incumbent Terry Beech has made wild claims about the necessity of defeating the Conservatives. I wanna bet on Svend but it seems like a hard one, especially with a strong Green 3rd place.  Burnaby South: If the NDP lose this riding we’ve learned a very important and painful lesson. CPC Jay Shin has disturbingly high numbers. Cowichan—Malahat—Langford: Alistair McGregor won this riding in 2015 and looks ahead of the pack in the rare 4-way race. Courtenay—Alberni: close CPC/NDP race with incumbent NDP Gord Johns looking okay but not exactly strong. Greens in a close third place. Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke: On the island, NDP incumbents like Randall Garrison are in real danger of being run-over by the Greens – he’s currently polling third, behind the GPC and CPC.   Kootenay—Columbia: NDP incumbent Wayne Stetski is in a close race with the CPC, they’re the only two parties relevant in this interior battle. Nanaimo—Ladysmith: Paul Manly won a spring by-election for the Greens, taking the riding from the NDP. Every expectation is they’ll hold it, and the NDP seem to be fighting the Conservatives for 2nd.   New Westminster—Burnaby: Peter Julian has represented the NDP from a variation of this riding since 2004, his biggest rival here is the LPC. North Island—Powell River: Incumbent NDPer Rachel Blaney barely leads the pack of 4, edging out the CPC. Needs your help, for sure. Port Moody—Coquitlam: part-man part-shark Fin Donnelly, having finally realized his legislative goals of banning shark-fins, is retiring. The NDP are thus in tough against the CPC for the fate of Po-Mo-Co, with the LPC not super far behind. Skeena—Bulkley Valley: Everyone’s favourite NDP MP Nathan Cullen is retiring and this enormous riding is sadly thus in play, a race between the NDP and CPC. South Okanagan—West Kootenay: Incumbent NDP Dick Cannings, avian biologist extraordinaire, is in a rare Interior three-way with retired tennis pro Helena Konanz and an unusually strong LPC in third. Surrey Centre: LPC seem likely to hold, the NDP are well-back in 2nd. NDP have a history of doing well in North Surrey. Surrey—Newton: I don’t think the recent scandal involving former MP Jinny Sims is going to help the NDP in this riding, but they are the 2nd choice to the incumbent LPC. Vancouver East: Never in doubt. The NDP have repped East Van consistently since they were the CCF, going all the way back to the thirties. Two brief interruptions in the 70s and 90s, otherwise 75 of the last 84 years this fortress of leftism has held. Vancouver Kingsway: My riding. Don Davies has done well by us for more than a decade. The Liberals attempting to gain this riding by parachuting in TV presenter Tamara Taggart kinda makes my blood boil. I’m good with Don. He’s got a healthy lead but it’ll be closer than I’d like. Northwest Territory At-Large: Three way race, could be a vote splitter. Nunavut At-Large: Three way race, could be a vote splitter. Sure would like to see them dump Leona. Mumilaq Qaqqaq is a fascinating candidate for the NDP.

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Suroît et la gueule en boomrang

China ink on hard paper 30/10cm  

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du temps qui passe… -Gilles Compagnon

du temps qui passe… -Gilles Compagnon

Noir dense et lourd S’accroche à je ne sais quoi Ce ciel du jour. Des grêles des gouttes entre suroît Débarouleront bientôt à mes tempesà mon crâneà mon front sur mon nez de marcheur poussant enchemin fardeau de sueur fardeau de pluie du temps qui tombe du temps qui plane du temps qui vient du temps qui passe… Photo Julie Ladret

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La Bretagne qui nous gagne - été 2021 Camaret-sur-Mer / Landévennec ⚓️🍶🥔 PRIÈRE À L’OCÉAN 🌊 Aux pêcheurs de Camaret. « Océan : Divinité de houles et de houles sur des gouffres et des gouffres, Irascible ��nergie à la voix de cornoc, Monstre glauque, semblable à quelque énorme gueule de baudroie suivie d’une incommensurable queue de congre, Masse mouvante avec, pour âme, cette lame sourde jaillissant en lave d’un puits abyssal, Époux de la Tempête aux griffes de noroît et cheveux de suroît, Génie double qui souque ta victime entre vent-arrière et vent-debout, Démon de verre cassant des vaisseaux comme on casse des noix » Paul-Pierre Roux, dit Saint-Pol-Roux, né le 15 janvier 1861 dans le quartier de Saint-Henri à Marseille[1] est mort le 18 octobre 1940 à Brest, est un poète symboliste français. Source : SOCIÉTÉ DES AMIS DE SAINT-POL-ROUX & Wikipedia #camaret #bretagne #saintpolroux #sauvesparlekong #sauvesparlapoesie #sauvespourlebac #alchimieduverbe #sauvespourlaphilo #bac2021 #bacfrancais #baccalauréat #cathedralebambous #hongkong #poesie #hkpoetry (à Presqu'île de Crozon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR_GMz2D4qM/?utm_medium=tumblr

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PRIERE A L'OCEAN

PRIERE A L’OCEAN

PRIERE A L’OCEAN Océan Divinité de houles et de houles sur des gouffres et des gouffres, Monstre glauque, semblable à quelque énorme gueule de baudroie suivie d’une incommensurable queue de congre, Masse mouvante avec, pour âme, cette lame sourde jaillissant en lave d’un puits abyssal, Époux de la tempête aux griffes de noroît et cheveux de suroît, Génie double qui souques ta victime entre…

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Yes, I will derail this to answer some concerns in the reblogs/notes.

Asbestos: the mining has been stopped since 2011. Even the town has a new name: Val-des-Sources.

Xenophobia and islamophobia: before the current government, it didn't feel as bas as the media depicts it today. But we're stuck with this shit government (elections coming October 2022 - doesn't look good), and I want to point out that whereas 1.5M ppl voted for them, there's 2.3M ppl that did NOT vote for them. Our electoral system allows for this shit.

We're serious about our lgbtq+ rights (3rd province same-sex marriage, banned conversion therapy 2 years before Trudeau got his shit together - along with other provinces) and when the current gvt decided to regress and force trans ppl to undergo SRS, we managed to fight back and they dropped it.

We also blocked the construction of a methane terminal (Cacouna, 2008), Energy East pipeline (2017), and a gas terminal to produce electricity (Suroît, 2004).

We're not perfect. Duh. But man, just like everyone, we try.

In what campaigners are calling a world first, Quebec’s National Assembly voted Tuesday afternoon to ban new oil and gas exploration and shut down existing drill sites within three years, even as the promoters behind the failed Énergie Saguenay liquefied natural gas (LNG) project try to revive it as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“By becoming the first state to ban oil and gas development on its territory, Quebec is paving the way for other states around the world and encouraging them to do the same,” Montreal-based Équiterre said in a release.

“However, it is important that the political will that made this law possible be translated into greenhouse gas reductions in the province, since Quebec and Canada have done too little to reduce their GHGs over the past 30 years.”

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Suroit Folk Band Epcot Canada - Festival of the Arts 2020

#Suroit Folk Band Epcot Canada - Festival of the Arts 2020 #ArtfulEpcot

Entertainment around World showcase is always a highlight pf Walt Disney Worlds Epcot. The Mill Stage in Canada is no exception, with a unique history all it’s own, the Mill stage provided a wonderful location for the Canadian folk band Suroît. From Canada’s Magdalen Islands in Eastern Quebec, For four decades, their infectious sound has embraced influences from Cajun, Celtic, bluegrass and rock…