Well, the weatherman promised us some fine weather this morning and a strong possibility of rain this afternoon. He was correct about the morning. So I have managed to run round the village and we walked in later to the post office without getting wet on either occasion. We even had some sunshine as we returned from the post office. It’s looking very dark and gloomy now though. I suspect the promised three o’clock rain is about to manifest itself. The optimistic neighbour who hung washing out in her garden will need to be vigilant.
And here are a couple of pictures of small buildings and large small-people.
A friend of mine just posted this:
“If you read THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE as a child then finally tasted Turkish Delight and discovered it is terrible, you may be entitled to financial compensation”.
While I agree with the opinion of Turkish Delight (like Marmite, you either love it or hate it and personally I strongly dislike both of them) I feel that the overall sentiment is a very modern attitude. We expect compensation for all sorts of surprising things. And the punctuation is very modern as well; C.S. Lewis never put a comma after WITCH!
The other day I read about an early version of the script of Star Wars being sold for a silly amount of money. It was left behind in a flat rented by Harrison Ford. Today I read about three people on trial in the USA for trying to sell manuscripts of The Eagles’ “Hotel California” and other songs. Such different attitudes. Presumably Harrison Ford never protested about his abandoned manuscript.
In Japan it seems they are calling for a change in the law that says married couples must both have the same name. They can choose which one to use but both must use the same one. As a rule it’s the wife who changes her name and the has to go through all the rigmarole of changing all the documents which have her name on, a procedure which can be time consuming and inconvenient.
Changing my name never worried me. I know women who were happy to change from a name they did not like and others who insisted on keeping their old name. Some couples here decide to make a new combined name that they both will use. And I know at least one person who opted to keep her former husband’s name when they divorced; everyone in her social circle and in her professional life knew her by that name. The inconvenience of changing was just too great!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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