There's a lot to be thankful for.

Quite a sunrise this morning. Usually the wind farm offshore is invisible. This morning the pylons  stand out low on the horizon. Two deer and a small but chirrupy clutch of wrens watch us as we wander down the farm track to the sheep field. On a calm morning like this there's a lot to be thankful for. 

The weather is, for the time being, being well behaved. Heavy rain is forecast for later in the day so we're out early making the most of the blue skies. The shortage of parking spots tells us other people have the same idea.

The fishmonger is delivering to the restaurant down on the sea front. He's parked his van on the grass by the bandstand and is carting a hundred and twenty lobster to the kitchen door.  He must have started work well before six this morning. Thanksgiving dinners bring some welcome cash flow to the local restauranteurs in the pre-Christmas quiet spell.

 

Down by the first tee on the Old Course a solitary American golfing father is waiting for the remaining three members of his foursome. He's sporting a pair of  sun glasses on the rim of his cap. I doubt if he'll need to use them.

At the cafe by the crossroads banana and cinnamon toasties are on offer for the reasonable price of £3.50. This is the sort of thing that appeals to the student breakfast palate - and wallet. Angus wonders how many nineteen year olds set themselves up with Fries n'cheese on their way to lectures? 

Thanksgiving music :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-4N4bfHTjc

Reconfiguring minds. Mine just gets slower :https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/five-ages-human-brain

The 21st century comes for the knitting world :https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/the-ai-invasion-of-knitting-and-crochet/

Visible magic:https://www.quantamagazine.org/particle-physicists-detect-magic-at-the-large-hadron-collider-20251125/

Life in Africa :https://josephlevine.substack.com/p/field-notes-from-four-african-currencies

The head of the International Relations Department isn't getting any happier :https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-bloomberg-story-demonstrated

I used to be driven to school in one of these. Looking at the sharp and protruding instrument binnacles I'm glad we were never in an accident. I am not tempted to bid on it at auction :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ZScIBwXJw