On Friday, we drove up to New Glasgow. En route, we stopped in Berwick for COVID tests.
On our drive, I was listening to Matt Galloway, CBC The Current. He interviewed Rebecca Solnit. She has recently published Orwell’s Roses. It describes Orwell’s enjoyment of gardening and country living. While in New Glasgow, I tried to obtain a copy, without any luck.
Saturday morning, we received emails from NS Health; COVID results were negative. We returned home in the afternoon. Enjoying the changing colours of the larch, and the red leaves of the blueberries on Mount Thom. We turned at Truro to go through Old Barns. We noticed the cyclists and walkers using the old rail line. We rejoined Highway #101 at exit 5 and then continued to exit #19 Lawrencetown.
Tired from the drive, it was time for ’Brit night’ on PBS Maine.
As Time Goes By. Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer
Open All Hours. David Jason
Doc Martin. Martin Clunes
Edward sent me a video link on Spark AR (Augmented Reality) with Facebook/Meta. He forwarded it to both AGRG and COGS. It does raise questions.
Can a retired academic continue to make a contribution to technical education?
Is there such a concept as a ’retired academic’? Or is that an oxymoron ?
From Heather McCormick, I received a video link on Tai Chi for beginners. This will be helpful for my class on Tuesday afternoon.
Tomorrow, Heather has her second cataract eye surgery. Left eye. It comes with a busy schedule of eye drops.
Postscript
This rose is ‘Elsie May’. We bought them because my Mother was Elsie May Maher.
Acknowledgments
Edward for the AR video link. Heather for the Tai Chi video link. Heather shared the trip to New Glasgow.
References
Rebecca Solnit, 2021, Orwell’s Roses, PenguinRandomHouse Canada.
Ernest Blair Experiment 