Dry and warm. Sophie's fur has that fluffed up PON look. Today, we shall be trying to find a carpet restorer. The old rug in the drawing room is displaying the wear and tear of two centuries of life on a Scottish island followed by a decade in France. We shall also be taking 'The Font' down to the medical practice to make sure the 'swimminess' isn't serious.
The wheat field on the other side of the lane is to be harvested this morning. One of the joys of living in this deeply unfashionable part of France is opening the bedroom shutters and seeing the sun turning the crop gold.
Sophie loves to hunt for invisible things amid the stalks. I think the things she's chasing are invisible but it's quite possible that she sees things humans can't. It's also possible she hears and smells field mice. It goes without saying the field mice will be completely safe.
By the time we're back from our walk to the Holy Well a large combine is trundling down the lane followed by a small convoy of farm vehicles. We greet the farmer and his team then hurry quickly indoors to avoid the storm of dust and chaff.
Glass : https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-glass-rigid-signs-of-its-secret-structure-emerge-20200707/
Blind that can see : https://theconversation.com/blindsight-a-strange-neurological-condition-that-could-help-explain-consciousness-141625
A timely train of thought ( now more than ever ) that's worthy but perhaps doesn't quite nail it ? : https://josephg.com/blog/war-over-being-nice/
16 comments:
Concerns for the FONT from the Westcoast of Canada........ANGUS, please explain what you meantby referring to "Swimminess." Not intending to alarm, but all head injuries need careful follow-ups and very careful noticing of any changes, no matter how small or how subtle. I write this from first-hand experience.
Please do tell her how many fingers are crossed and holding......for a complete recovery from the nasty accident at the car garage.
Sending warm healing thoughts.
I also hope the Font is OK - I wonder if it might have been a mild concussion, which can definitely cause "swimminess." When I was a kid, we thought nothing of a knock in the head, but I learned better when my daughter caught a header in high school and suffered a concussion. I enjoyed the blog about Culture types A and B, but I agree with you that he didn't quite nail it, as Japan is clearly neither of the two.
Hoping to hear soon that 'The Font' and the rug are both fully restored.
PS I like it that the blog author's name is Joseph Gentle. Nominatively determined to be more of a culture B type, perhaps?
Hari OM
JGs A & B are from one perspective... not allowing for actual cultural (national) variations, as hinted by Lisa. Rather than gender, there are also levels of maturity to consider... and nothing is more complex than 'feelings'!!!
I add my wishes for The Font. YAM xx
All the best to the font.
best wishes for The Font. Luzia from Basel
It is looking dry and warm there. So jealous.
Hope all is well with 'The Font'.
This types A and B seems like black and white thinking to me. I think there is a better way to thoughtfully speak and own your own feelings. No one "makes" you feel something - that is your choice and also your choice to eliminate someone from your life who comes from a place of disrespect for you.
After ensuring that The Font is OK, you should track down a version of the 1980 movie "Serial" with Martin Mull and Tuesday Weld and consider how it relates to the war over nice. It's a comedy, so the process shouldn't be too painful, if you can find it.
Love to the Font. We are all sending well wishes.
Do not know if yr son is American but: look at ICE news about welcoming back college students. It seems to have to do with online classes vs in person . I saw that you purchased his plane fare. Best wishes.
Sophie's coif does look fluffy! I hope "The Font" is quickly restored to pre-garage-visit form. Perhaps MORE pampering and care taking is in order. In general, I think people today are ridiculously over sensitive and don't have the inherent maturity and professionalism of prior generations. I guess part of it is the blur between personal and professional. With such sensitivity/fragility it makes me worry where we will end up.
Having been out of touch for a couple of weeks, I'm just catching up and am so very sorry to read of The Font's mishap. May she quickly make a full recovery. Thank you, Angus for all the joy you bring to so many with your posts. Your photographs are superb! And hello to you, too, Miss Sophie.
Thank you, Pam, my son has dual-citizenship, so he is OK no matter what direction his school takes. But so many of his classmates from international middle and high school do not have US citizenship, and many of them are enrolled in US colleges. We just feel sick about this. Hopefully, the lawsuit by Harvard and MIT will be successful, but the lost of trust in the US may be long-term.
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