Wind and a visitor from Yale with a wonderful name.

Our first end of  year storm that is deemed worthy of a name. Storm Ashley. Rain and 80 mph winds are forecast for the West coast but on this side of the country  Ashley is merely wet and blustery.  This afternoon the storm will have moved on and sunshine is forecast. The strong winds are expected to linger for a day or two.

In town the film folk are doing some last minute background shoots. A heavily waxed 1970's era Vauxhall estate is star of the show. The camera men and extras look miserable as indeed anyone might who is working early on a cold and wet Sunday morning. The street they've chosen to film on runs at right angles to the sea and serves as a channel for the wind. The extras struggle to keep their hats in place.

Some folks say globalization has peaked. The arrival of both red and yellow dragon fruit in our local supermarket is proof that this isn't true. Angus wonders how much of a local market for dragon fruit there can be. There again in a student town all sorts of exotic things fly off the shelves.

Yale comes to St Andrews to preach. On the notice board we see that this  mornings sermon is to be given ( unusually ?) by a doctor - although a rather senior one. Some people have wonderful names.

So starts a quiet Sunday morning in a small Scottish town on the sea.

Thin is in :https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/17/unusually-narrow-skyscraper-dubai-rcr-arquitectes/

Things I'd never thought about :https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-human-brain-contends-with-the-strangeness-of-zero-20241018/

Fluoride :https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629624000791