Here comes the rain.

Down at the golf end of town things are getting busy. Helicopters ferry the Gods of the golfing world from their Gulfstreams to their hotel suites. Outside the club house super shiny black limousines wait patiently for the first of the players to emerge. After a brief sunny start the weather is soon expected to turn very wet and very windy. Gales are expected on Saturday. That's only to be expected when a tournament rolls into town. The morning radio broadcast informs us that a gentleman by the name of 'Bad Bunny' will be the lead act at the Super Bowl halftime show. We had , until now, been unaware of his existence. Quite why this news item should be featured on a Scottish radio programme is something of a mystery.

The sheep in their paddock on the dunes remain oblivious to the hyper activity that's  happening on the far side of the fairway.

The harbour end of the town might as well be on a different planet. Apart from a few keen student runners it is quiet. The local fishermen are  nowhere to be seen. We can only assume they're far out at sea trying to meet the golfers insatiable demand for the surf part of 'surf and turf'.

At the home of the university Principal the flag is at half mast. The old Chancellor has just died and a weeks mourning is underway. He had been a loyal public servant which is an old fashioned and honourable epitaph. https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/the-death-of-university-chancellor-the-rt-hon-lord-campbell-of-pittenweem/

At the Justin Timberlake/ Tiger Woods sporting venue a team of workers are already at work. Yesterday they installed the new signs across the front. This morning they've taken them down. Someone was supposed to have repainted the facade before they went up. The soft opening is scheduled for Thursday. There is a lot still to be done.  Saturday looks as if it might be a better option. The fit out seems to be progressing on a 'two steps forward, one step back' basis.

The sock shop that's recently appeared in what used to be the juice bar has a minimalist approach to retailing. There is a single table inside piled with socks and , in one corner, an Apple i-Pay machine. That's it.

This I found strangely reassuring and the little video at the end is fun:https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/subjective-time

The answer to this is yes but only when food is involved :https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/202509/are-dogs-as-smart-as-human-toddlers-0

The rarity of fire :https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/why-earth-is-the-only-world-in-the-entire-universe-that-we-know-of-where-fire-can-burn/

Events at the Ryder Cup still resound here in the home of golf. The word 'classless' is used on the local radio to describe the fans but not in a good way :https://greattransformation.substack.com/p/the-mirror-we-deserve-what-the-ryder?triedRedirect=true