On the morning news we learn that The King will go to America for a state visit in April. The Prince of Wales will then visit Philadelphia for the semiquincentennial celebrations on July 4th ( the BBC has helpfully suggested 'Quarter Millenial ' as a more easily pronounced alternative) and will also be there for the World Cup. The price of tickets for the soccer finals is now reaching 'stratospheric' levels :https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/2003445075842650487 This is a link I won't share with the farmers sons ( the knowledge that seats are going for $52k would be a real mood killer ) although even the keenest fan would admit the chance of Scotland making it to the latter stages of the competition is minimal.
Here we've segued into that strangely peaceful time of the year between Christmas and the New Year. The Oyster Catchers are enjoying having the beach to themselves.
Visiting dogs - with owners in bright seasonal jumpers - can be found in Starbucks. The place is full and we have to sit on the bar stools up against the oval table by the back wall.
We haven't heard Auld lang Syne yet but it can only be a day or two before it fills the airwaves. This morning we get Gerry and the Pacemakers from the local radio station :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0&list=RDyC_j_dzkaVE&index=9
The worlds oldest restaurant :https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-oldest-restaurant-in-the-world-just-turned-300-years-old-180987899/
The future belongs to the young :https://x.com/mastronomers/status/2004334592908505508?s=48 You have to be optimistic.
Wartime diets :https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/wartime-diet-britain-world-war-jack-drummond
Suddenly in the news:https://www.hoover.org/research/religion-ethnicity-and-jihadist-search-holy-war-nigeria
Reasons to like Christmas :https://miniphilosophy.substack.com/p/the-philosophical-case-for-christmas
3 comments:
So nice to hear Gerry and the Pacemakers after many, many years. We are fortunate to have both a good king and a good pope at this moment in time (among many other good people, of course). I liked the Starbucks photo. Charlie also has his own mat for restaurants and seems to like having his own space.
Hari OM
This is one of my favourite weeks of any year, that fallow space between festivals when we can - if we choose - take proper respite and reflection time.
Excellent article on Nigeria. Having lived and worked there in the 1970s, I witnessed much of the tribal and interstate mischief and there is no question that to strip down any conflict to a simple binary is a grave mistake of stategists. All that aside, I am aghast at the US (i.e. Trump's) intervention... YAM xx
Enjoy the quiet week,
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