as with all still-unfolding history the account is a little lop-sided (heavier on the american-democracy-is-better perspective) a tad disjointed (with open-ended accounts of iran africa 5G networks and even malaysia and the middle east) and lacking a suitably rousing ending. but otherwise it is a decent summary of recent events based on whatever limited sources are available to a western journalist, even if she has a chinese name.
E the dog doesn't hear so well any more. not the dinner sounds nor the treat bag crackles nor us returning home nor the occasional yells.
nor the thunder.
which makes it a mixed blessing indeed, geriatric soul that he is.
continuing with a bagatelle whilst i am on hold for the next ngaio marsh. this is a light-handed charmingly-crafted fable-type little gem from an east asian writer delicately translated for a westernized reader.
this fox is as delightful and satisfying as the other cat and camera and hippo books.
late lamented 10-minute shower
still hazy
marginally cooler though
grateful
but enervated*
*this is weather to stifle thought drain strength and sweat buckets.
in the midst of haze
and mugginess
we go
on a
middle-aged date
at a new izakaya HOM discovers
practically at our doorstep. very impressive
muggy hazy a tad smelly and quite unpleasant. more of the same tomorrow. the a/c is weeping in exhaustion, as am i.
in other news, am trying for a dopamine hit tomorrow with visit to the hairdresser. hair can always grow again and the prospect of something different is exciting and i hope i don't need this reminder in a day.
people have choices
and vote with their feet
and we can't even tell you
cos we already schlepped off
before the feedback QR code appeared
but
please
have mercy
choose good speakers
who are focused and clear and
do not keep saying long story short
because their short comes from speaking veryveryfast
today i skip church to attend a course. the premise is great: each speaker gets twenty minutes to update us about the latest exciting developments in his field and then we switch to the next fellow. quickly building up a strand of lustrous pearls, as it were.
unfortunately the whole thing pivots on choosing excellent speakers. which. some. people. so. are. NOT. hence we are subjected to a couple of well-articulated verbal train wrecks during which the audience quietly scrolls social media.
at the end of the morning session i decide to schlepp off. if i have to listen to waves of words playing at double speed that make no sense whatsoever i might as well just read up the stuff at home.
if you think i feel crabby you are right.
in other news, his mercies continue to be new every morning as well, breakneck speed notwithstanding.
