Saturday, November 07, 2020

 

This is the scary bit – Trump angry and wounded, with the red button under his thumb for another two months.

 

I didn’t achieve much. Archie and Mungo came and we had a nice lunch. I knit some more Evandoon while listening to a podcast. A good Italian lesson. I read some more of “Maestro Don Gesualdo”.

 

Mungo has got a job with a company that makes documentaries, sometimes selling them on to the BBC. He had two other offers – it must be worth while studying Arabic. So far he’s working from home. He did some real-time translating this week for an Arabic-speaking archaeologist who had something to tell them. He is keen to get to London where he will be sharing a house with friends from university, none of whom have jobs.

 

Helen will be talking about mosaics with a friend next week (Tuesday?) on YouTube – early evening here in Britain, lunchtime in the eastern USofA. You have to sign up in advance, but it’s free. This is the link:


https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-brief-guide-to-british-mosaics-from-the-1850s-to-the-present-day-tickets-127991585277?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail

3 comments:

  1. I am so disappointed! I have a Zoom meeting at that time -- will Helen post a video after the fact?

    As far as the Acting President goes, he's playing golf . . . again . . . .

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  2. Like commenters from yesterday I am happy that Biden has won the election but won't really celebrate until he and Kamala Harris are sworn in this coming January. They face quite a task, I do not envy them.
    Congratulations to Mungo on his job and plans to move to London.

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  3. Trump seems to be sulking, but he is probably just thinking out how to use the next few months to advantage himself and family. So good to hear a rational speech at last from the President-elect, without those awful mannerisms. When Biden said "I've lost a couple of times myself." I thought that struck the right tone.

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