Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts
the stars to flight.
And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light.
Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’.
Cosas de España/Galiza
Inevitably, the numerous winter storms have hit the shellfish grounds very hard. Supply is well down on normal years. And prices probably way up.
A tad surprising to read that it’s quicker to get to Andorra from Galicia than to Barcelona by train. But, then, many old routes are very slow.
Something else that’s less than quick . . . The Galician courts have a backlog of 200, 000 cases and are putting their faith in a new processing system. Fingers crossed.
Rugby is played in Galicia. In fact, one of the teams competing in the weekend’s final of a competition goes under then name of Os Ingleses – The Englishmen. The captain is David Lema. who possibly isn’t English, as his post-match comments were in Gallego.
This car has been at the side of the road for weeks now. Originally abandoned but now calcinated, as they say here. One wonders why.
Europe
Big changes in Hungary, where Orban has been ousted, much to the relief of Brussels.
The Middle East War
The latest update from Naked Capitalism.
The United States of Trump USA
A week ago I wrote: When the most ignorant, stupid but most powerful man in the world gets militarily involved in the Middle East snake-pit, what on earth could go wrong? Other than just about everything. And the shrink, John Gartner has said this:-
You’ll all have noticed the mistake in that . . . No colon after ‘Demented’. . . Which rather changes the meaning.
Vance appears – after 2 failed trips – to be heading for the underside of a bus. But the Secretary of Agriculture – another woman – is said to be the next for the Trump chop.
Relevant podcasts on Podbean or YourTube
- The Daily Beast Podcast/Video
- Inside Trump’s Head Podcast/Video
- The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent Podcast
- The Rest is Politics US Podcast/Video
- The DSR Network Podcast
China
Trump said China exports turbines but doesn’t have any in the country itself. A complete lie, of course. It is now the leader in solar and wind power.
The Way of the World
As much as travel is meant to broaden the mind, it is also easily exploited. Go almost anywhere on Earth and you’ll be confronted with overpriced attractions promising far more than they deliver, set up by nefarious crooks who see tourists as little more than perambulating cashpoints.
Spanish
- Acribillar: To bombard, pepper with.
- Echar a andar: To start up, set in motion, jump start
English
- Looning: Slang for balloon fetishism.
- Headcanon: “Something a fan imagines about the characters (such as a scenario or relationship) but that doesn’t appear on screen/on the page”.
- Chef’s kiss: In vogue, it seems. To put your forefinger with you thumb and take them to your lips.
Did you know?
That banana flavour might not be terribly genuine.
You Have to Laugh
Another uncomfortable Finn
Finally . . .
A 1770s view of cucumber, shared by me . . . It has been a common saying of physicians in England, that a cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
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