Swede’s Photographs on Nostr: Good morning. 😴🥱☕ 26 January 2026 I’m up extra early this morning. Woke a ...

Good morning. 😴🥱☕

26 January 2026

I’m up extra early this morning. Woke a little before four, got a drink of water, laid back down — but sleep wasn’t coming. So I got up again and let Charlie out into the backyard. Figured I’d kick back in the recliner for a bit, but it was clear sleep wasn’t in the cards, so I came in here. It happens like that now and then.

It’s cold this morning for Louisiana — 22°F. No wonder Charlie didn’t want to stay outside long. We had a bit of snow yesterday, just enough to dust the rooftops and evergreen trees. Mostly it rained, though, so I imagine schools and such are closed today out of caution for icy roads. The frozen water kind of ice. Folks around here aren’t exactly skilled at driving on slick pavement.

Icy roads should make things interesting at the two relatively new traffic circles in town. Even in good weather, some people struggle with those. You can almost see the gears turning: Do I go or wait? What does that big triangle mean? Are the cars in the circle supposed to let me in? It’s understandable — not everyone’s well traveled.

That brings me to a thought: there are people in this country who’ve never ventured far from home. Some haven’t even left their own state. And when you think about it, that explains a lot. Without exposure to different places and lives, all you know is what’s around you — where everyone’s circumstances look the same. Which reminds me of one of my sayings:
You only know what you know, and you don’t know what you don’t know.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” - Hal Borland:

“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” - Will Rogers

“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” - Anaïs Nin

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