It’s very hot here. We’ve just come back from lunch with an old friend in Manchester. Sam’s Chop House was deliciously cool and the food was good, as was the company. The tram and bus journey home was sticky but we have an old stone house which is delightfully cool to come home to.
They say that we can see meteor showers at night at the moment. There was some fear that the bright sturgeon moon would block out the meteors with its brilliance. Maybe that was the case. Last night I saw the bright moon, now just past its full-moon glory but I didn’t see any meteorites. I didn’t really expect to see any as we are often deprived of celestial phenomena around here.
Volcanoes are being busy. Mount Marapi in Indonesia erupted again on Tuesday, sending an ash plume into the sky. And Etna has been erupting again, as reported today: “An important lava flow is currently underway on Etna, in Sicily. In the last few hours, a new effusive hole has been identified on the southern slope of Bocca Nuova, at an altitude of three thousand meters. The lava flow is heading south and is being constantly monitored by personnel. national Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) experts are on the ground assessing the situation.” I have a soft spot for Etna, having seen it in eruption more than once.
We might find high temperatures hard to deal with at times but we don’t have to worry about lava.
Here’s a thing:
“The Trump administration has accused the UK of backsliding on human rights over the past year, citing antisemitic violence and “serious restrictions” on free speech.”
That’s rich coming from America!
“The report cited the “safe access zones” around abortion clinics, which it said “could include prohibitions on efforts to influence … even through prayer or silent protests”.”
Ah, so that’s what some of it is about. Meanwhile, people are still being arrested by ICE agents, as in this account.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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