Tuesday, February 4, 2025

A dogs travails.

Grey with rain, possibly heavy, forecast. We meet and greet the usual cast of dog walkers on the beach. The owner of Archie, the arthritic labrador, is soon off to South Korea to visit her daughter who has started university in Seoul. She's travelling Business Class. " No way I'm spending 13 hours there and back jammed into a small seat " . Emirates has now started flying from Edinburgh so she's going with them to save having to overnight at Heathrow.


At the fancy cafe the waitress tells me that Oilatte is indeed a thing. Angus can think of few things worse than coffee with olive oil.  Coffee with butter and coconut oil sounds almost as bad.  The mere thought of a Turmeric Latte leaves me speechless. When did these things become popular ?


A dog on the pavement waits patiently and glumly for his family to reappear from the Cheese shop. He can see them and he can smell the cheese. Why was he not invited in ? The travails of being a dog.


A student flat has a window propped open on a book. You can tells it's a student flat from the dire condition of the paintwork coupled to the creative use of the text book.


This mornings car radio music :https://youtu.be/QZ5Wb5NafiY?t=103

Alternatives to the Houses of Parliament :https://x.com/ItsTaz1989/status/1528760788365844484

Travel writing:https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/travels-in-vietnam

Looking at America . To understand someone you must know what life was like when they were in their twenties:https://thepointmag.com/politics/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history/

Differences :https://www.pimlicojournal.co.uk/p/the-real-origins-of-american-freedom

2 comments:

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Those coffees will never be a challenge for me as am allergic to the evil bean... Turmeric tea, on the other hand, is rather delicious and restorative when one wishes to avoid caffiene. Jus' sayin'... YAM xx

Linda said...

Having just done 26 hours flying time in small seats in Emirates' economy from New Zealand to Glasgow I can confirm that it is possible to survive! Having looked originally at Business Class costs for those flights I'm on the opposite side of the coin - "there's no way I'm paying that amount just for a plane ticket".