Bright clear skies, a waning wolf moon and frost. That Dylan bio-pic. Feeling like Joan Baez. And the ceasefire.

After an inauspicious start (foggy and dull and unpleasant), yesterday morning turned into a beautiful afternoon. We walked up the hill to Dobcross, catching some vitamin D. 

Because it had become so clear, we were able to see the now waning moon, high and bright and clear late in the evening. In addition it led to a drop in temperature (again!) and a heavy frost this morning. Today is another fine but cold day.

I mentioned e-bikes yesterday. Now it turns out that Timothée Chalamet turned up for the London première of “A Complete Unknown”, the film in which he plays Dylan, on a Lime bike. Something of a publicity stunt, I would have thought.  

And today I read that he has been fined for parking his Lime bike in an unauthorised place. I was under the impression they were often just left any old where but then I am not an expert on hired bikes. And I suppose that Timothée Chalamet can afford the fine.

According to this article, generation Z women are discovering Joan Baez, a surprise consequence of seeing the Dylan bio-pic. Of course, they are not just appreciating her music but identifying with her. It has to be said that Joan Baez’s voice has weathered much better than Bob Dylan’s! 

Out in the wider world, by all accounts a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been signed. Not a permanent ceasefire, of course, but 42 days without fighting. Except that even today more Palestinians have been killed! 

Here is Michael Rosen’s conversation between the King and his Tutor on that very subject: 

So we have the peace treaty,' said the King to his tutor, 'what about our longterm objectives?'

'Good point, sir,' said the King's tutor, 'and I'm glad to see you using a technical term like that.'

'So?' said the King, 'have our longterm objectives changed?'

'No,' said the tutor.

'But surely,' said the King, 'with this peace treaty we're going to have to come to all sorts of agreements with the people in the way.'

'People in the way?' said the tutor.

'You know,' said the King, 'the people in the way of us achieving our longterm objectives.

'O yes,' said the tutor. 'Them! But no, we go on making sure that we don't give in to the demands of the people in the way.'

'But won't the Emperor say that we have to?' said the King.

'What the Emperor says and what the Emperor does,' said the tutor, 'are two completely different things.'

'So we have the peace treaty,' said the King, 'we stop firing our arrows at each other for a while, but we press on with making sure that the people in the way are not in the way?'

'Yes,' said the tutor, 'but now we have to stop the war for a while, we go back to doing it, little by little.'

'That's marvellous,' said the King. 'Drink?'

'Thank you,sir,' said the tutor.

No further comment.

Life goes on stay safe and well, everyone!