The morning radio broadcast leading with the fact that the UK has an important visitor arriving tonight. For the King the next 48 hours will be like walking on eggshells. There again if anyone has been trained for such moments it's him. It will be the biggest security operation since the late Queens funeral.
On our way into town two late running teenagers sprint out into the road directly in front of us from between two parked cars. The little BMW has built in emergency systems that make sounds neither of us knew were possible - chimes, bells, a solitary strangulated klaxon and an exceedingly irritating beep - come as standard. The two boys smile and wave in a manner they must assume to be disarming. There is a reason college towns have 20 mph speed limits .
From his window display I'd guess the baker also finds life easier ( and more profitable ) now there are 10,000 permanenty hungry youngsters in town. The sale of Fresher biscuits still going strong.
A self seeding dandelion has taken root in the centre of the municipal flower beds. It soars above the red geraniums like a giant iconoclast. I'm tempted to step in and pull it out but decide that in doing so I'd do more damage than good. Sometimes, particularly in a university town, its best to let the wayward bloom .
The breakfast radio reminds us that this movie was released 60 years ago and proved to be a surprising hit . It was probably the best PR Austria ever had although there is something very Holywood about wandering across barren mountain tops in matching outfits:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDFoF9sfQA&list=RDRKuqySkqhHw&index=2
Dog domestication :https://www.psypost.org/new-research-complicates-the-story-of-dog-domestication/
This seems to sum it up pretty well :https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-the-last-two-weeks-shook-the-world-order/
Always be kind:https://snyder.substack.com/p/always-be-kind
Perhaps THE question of our times :https://arachnemag.substack.com/p/the-case-against-social-media-is
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Hari OM
Angus, that's a Sow Thistle, not Dandelion... it's an edible plant, so if you'd picked it you could add it to your salad! YAM xx
It is good to know that civility lives on at the Royal and Ancient. Your posts today are thought-provoking. Timothy Snyder's piece reminded me of Nancy Pelosi, who when asked whether she hated Donald Trump, responded that she did not hate anyone and that she always prayed for Trump. I am not religious, but I remember her words every time the word "hate" comes up in my mind, and this helps me remain, hopefully, a decent person. I worked for a very smart newspaperman a long time ago, and he taught me the importance of having a rock-solid set of principles. He did not believe it was necessary or even possible for journalists to be objective - he pointed to the partisan newsletters that proliferated around the Revolutionary War - but being principled was key. People with steady principles will be better equipped to deal with social media, which seems to be here to stay in any event.
We use our shooting sticks occasionally.
Modern cars are safer for all, I hope the students learned a lesson in being careful. What a pretty yellow flower, maybe in the wrong place, but blooming glory just the same.
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