The hotel is up for sale

A large flag pole has gone up outside the hotel that Donald Trump once tried to buy. It wasn't there last week. Perhaps it's a sign that some truly important tournament is about to take place. The hotel is now owned by a Wisconsin sanitary fittings manufacturer but it's rumoured that the hotel no longer fits with their business model and is up for sale. There is a certain nervousness as to who the future buyer might be.

A group of sprightly American gentlemen of a certain age are the first to tee off this morning. They have the sure and certain air of golfers who have played here before.  Those 'Titleist' baseball caps that have become standard golf attire are once again much in evidence. 

Next up on the first tee are a younger ( but middle aged )  group from Cincinnati . They too are wearing 'Titleist' headware. These folk are rather more animated than the first group and spend some considerable time 'high fiving' each other when they make it onto the course. The caddies are all in shorts which demonstrates some optimism about the weather later in the day. For now it's grey and chill.

In the supermarket Pomegranate Rubies. Something I've never seen before. In France we used to drink a pre-dinner glass of champagne with Pomegranate juice. Perhaps it's something we should start doing again ? The big difference is that by seven in the evening the air up here is starting to turn cold. In France it stayed warm and prime champagne drinking temperatures until late.

Back at The last wee house before Denmark elder sister follows me into the kitchen. She makes her way directly to the cabinet where the biscuits are stored. Village farm dogs know the centrality of their place in the scheme of things.

Modern French tumblers - at a price :https://www.saint-louis.com/en/collections/les-endiables.html

Oops. Be careful what you wish for :https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2056461616162431323

I'm seeing a lot written about this :https://x.com/jesusferna7026/status/2056341632253862099?s=61

Falling birth rates also appear here :https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-the-whole-world-stopped-having

Reducing health care costs at source. A cigarette free UK :https://www.politico.com/newsletters/forecast/2026/05/19/the-new-politics-of-smoking-00928285