Cyprus Mail finally mentions the dust in the air, saying that it is “expected to subside by evening”. Along with commentary on public health implications and mention of the fact that it has blown in “from other continents”. Sounds rather like one more instance of the need to blame the foreigners! A suitably hazy photograph is included but proves on inspection to be, as one might have suspected, a file photo. In other words the current situation, though unhealthy, is not providing sufficiently dramatic visuals.
Meet Jane and Bill at Cambanella’s for Sunday lunch. Surprisingly quiet today, while last week it was full, abuzz with families including babies. Hot plate has been replaced by the time we get back, but replacement only has one of two burners working. And so it goes.
Bit of juggling with the read aloud books as our new Ontario Library download, Reporter, by Seymour Hersh (he who broke the My Lai massacre and Abu Ghraib stories), takes priority. We have it for two weeks, having waited since last August. Multiple use of the devices not only a minor technical miracle, but a rebuttal of sorts to those, mostly of our generation, who talk disparagingly about people (and they usually mean the young) who are always looking at their phones and tablets. Sometimes seem surprised when I say yes, but the kid on the bus with the phone could be doing her homework, reading a library book, filling out a job application, writing her granny a letter, checking her bank balance, reading a newspaper, checking tomorrow’s weather, many etceteras. Self serving justification - but we’re not always doing the same thing.